extra point.

bubble_chart Etymology

Connect, connect; ridge, spinal bone. The point is located under the twelfth vertebra, in the depression between the twelfth thoracic vertebra and the first lumbar vertebra, where the thoracolumbar vertebrae are connected, hence the name Jie Chi.

bubble_chart Location

bubble_chart Anatomy

In the membrane and supraspinal ligament of the lumbar spine, there are the posterior branch of the twelfth intercostal artery, the interspinous subcutaneous venous plexus, and the medial branch of the posterior branch of the twelfth intercostal nerve.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Oblique insertion 0.5~1 cun, local sinking and swelling. Can be used for moxibustion.

bubble_chart Efficacy

prolapse of rectum, red and white diarrhea in children, epilepsy in children, indigestion, spinal neuralgia, gastric spasm, intestinal hernia, chronic enteritis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• prolapse of rectum: Jieji, Baihui (GV20), Changqiang (GV1), Mingmen (GV4 ).
• Epilepsy: Jieji, Yaoqi (EX-B9), Shenzhu (GV12), Benshen (GB13).