bubble_chart Category

extra point.

bubble_chart Etymology

This point is a group of sea points, including Wuchu (BL5), all on the back, so it is called the five points on the back.

bubble_chart Location

The five acupoints are located in the dorsal lumbosacral region, one at the high point of the spinous process of the second thoracic vertebra; one at the tip of the sacrum; between the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra and the first lumbar vertebra. There is one point in the middle; the spinous process of the third lumbar vertebra is level and high, and two points are opened 4 cun on the left and right sides. Get it by lying prone or prone.

bubble_chart Anatomy

The point below the spinous process of the second thoracic vertebra is in the membrane of the lumbar dorsal tendons, the supraspinal ligament and the interspinous ligament; there are the posterior branches of the second intercostal artery and the interspinous subcutaneous venous plexus; and there are the medial branches of the posterior branch of the second thoracic nerve. The point under the twelfth vertebra is in the membrane of the lumbar tendons, the supraspinal ligament and the interspinous ligament; there are the posterior branches of the twelfth intercostal artery, the interspinous subcutaneous venous plexus; and there are the medial branches of the posterior branches of the eleventh thoracic nerve. The two points on the level of the spinous process of the third lumbar vertebra are in the latissimus dorsi and iliacus muscles; there are dorsal branches of the second lumbar artery and vein; there are lateral branches of the posterior branch of the twelfth thoracic nerve and the lateral branches of the first lumbar nerve. The point on the tip of the coccyx is in the posterior sacral ligament and lumbar dorsal tendon membrane; there are posterior branches of the middle sacral artery and vein, the interspinous venous plexus, and branches of the coccygeal nerve.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Moxibustion for 3 to 7 times.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Pediatric fright epilepsy, childhood spasm, epilepsy.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Pediatric epilepsy: five points on the back, Jiuwei (CV15), Shenmen (HT7), Jianshi (PC5 ), Fenglong (ST40).