Body, body. Column, pillar. The point is between the two shoulder blades, where the back supports weight.

[Location]

Shenzhu (GV12) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Between the lower part of the third vertebrae." The acupoint can also be located at the bulge of the spinous process,
• Leijing Tuyi >: "When taking the points of the governor vessel (GV) between the spines, they should be taken at the protrusion of the joint."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: lumbar tendon membrane, supraspinal ligament, interspinous ligament.
• Nerve: medial branch of the posterior branch of the third thoracic nerve, and the spinal cord is within the spinal canal.
• Vessel: posterior branch of the third intercostal artery, interspinous subcutaneous venous plexus.

[Manipulation]

Oblique insertion is 0.5 to 1 cun, do not puncture deeply, or insert a needle at the height of the spinous process and subcutaneously insert 1 to 2 cun, moxa cone moxibustion is 3 to 5 cun, and moxa stick warm moxibustion is used for 15 to 20 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Benefit lung qi, relieve heat and clear the mind.

• Classical: chest heat, body heat running wild, delirious speech, mania, cough, dry mouth and polydipsia, asthma, headache, chest and back pain, strong pain in the waist and spine, boil and sore, consumptive disease, epilepsy.
• Modern: bronchitis, pneumonia, pulmonary jiehexue, whooping cough, schizophrenia, hysteria, rickets, wind-dampness and heart disease.

[Recipe]

• Epilepsy: Benshen (GB13), Shenzhu (GV12).
• boil and sore: Shenzhu (GV12), Lingtai (GV10), Hegu (LI4), Weizhong (BL40) (bleeding).