Shéndào - Acupuncture Points "Jia Yi Jing"
Shéndào - Body Surface Chart (click to enlarge)
【Location】On the back, on the midline, in the depression below the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra.
【Anatomy】In the lumbodorsal fascia, supraspinous ligament, and interspinous ligament; it has a posterior branch of the fifth intercostal artery, a venous plexus between the spinous processes; it is innervated by the medial branch of the posterior branch of the fifth intercostal nerve.
【Indications】Chest pain, palpitations, restless sleep, forgetfulness, lumbosacral pain, shoulder and back pain, cough, asthma.
【Technique】Oblique insertion of 0.5-1 cun.
【Combination】Combine with Guan Yuan to treat headache due to excessive body heat; combine with Shen Men to treat forgetfulness and palpitations; combine with Bai Hui and San Yin Jiao to treat insomnia, forgetfulness, childhood convulsions, epilepsy; combine with Xin Yu, Jue Yin Yu, Nei Guan, Tong Li, and Qu Ze to treat angina.
