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IntroAcupuncture MT2
Point Location for the Governing (Du) Meridian
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus. (Locate this point in prone position.) | GV1 (Luo Connecting Point: "where interior & exterior branches of the meridian meet or diverge" |
| In the hiatus of the sacrum. (Is this point at the "top of the butt crack" or what?) | GV2 |
| Below the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra, at the level of the crista iliaca (iliac crest). (just below L-4) | GV3 |
| Below the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra. (just below L-2) | GV4 |
| Below the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra. (just below T-11) | GV6 |
| Below the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra, approximately at the level with the inferior angle of the scapula. (just below T-7) | GV9 |
| Below the spinous process of the 3rd thoracic vertebra. (just below T-3) | GV12 |
| Below the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra. (just below T-1) | GV13 |
| (Who told you this? It is not true. This is Mute Gate.) "Life Meeting," where Du meridian meets all 6 Yang meridians!! 0.5 cun directly above midpoint of posterior HL, in depression below spinous process of the 1st cervical vertebra. (below C-1) | GV15 |
| "Wind Palace" 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, directly below the external occipital protuberance, in the depression between the m. trapezius of both sides. | GV16 |
| 2.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, 1.5 cun directly above GV16, in the depression on the upper border of the occipital protuberance. | GV17 |
| Bai Hui (100 meetings) On the midline of the head, 5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline, approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting the apexes of both ears. | GV20 |
| 2 cun posterior to the midpoint of the anterior hairline, 3 cun anterior to GV20. | GV22 |
| 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline. | GV23 |
| 0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline. | GV24 |
| On the tip of the nose. | GV25 |
| At the junction of the upper third and middle third of the philtrum (Greek philtron, from philein 'to love; to kiss'), aka the infranasal depression) | GV26 |
| Just below C-7. "Below the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra, approximately at the level of the shoulders." | GV14 |
| What GV point is named Brain Door (Nao Hu)? | GV17 |
| What GV point is named Wind Mansion (Feng Fu)? | GV16 |
| What GV point is named Mute Gate (Ya Men)? | GV15 |
| What GV point is named Spirit Tower (Ling Tai)? | GV10 (LBSP T6) |
| What GV point is named Extremity of Yang (Zhi Yang)? | GV9 (LBSP T7) |
| What GV point is named Sinew Contraction (Jin Suo) | GV8 (LBSP T9) |
| What GV point is named Central Pivot (Zhong Shu)? | GV7 (LBSP T10) |
| What GV point is named Spinal Center (Ji Zhong)? | GV6 (LBSP T11) |
| What GV point is named Life Gate (Ming Men)? | GV4 (LBSP L2) |
| What GV point is named Lumbar Yang Pass (Yao Yang Guan)? | GV3 (LBSP L4) |
| What GV point is named Lumbar Shu (Yao Shu)? | GV2 (hiatus of sacrum, "(where you feel a superior ridge where S4 & S5 bones were as a child) |
Created by:
mrbarr
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