ZHOU Yang-bin,DU Qiu-hui,WEI Ya-xin,et al.Discussion on the location of Dazhui (GV 14) and Yaoyangguan (GV 3)[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(10):1184-1188.
ZHOU Yang-bin,DU Qiu-hui,WEI Ya-xin,et al.Discussion on the location of Dazhui (GV 14) and Yaoyangguan (GV 3)[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(10):1184-1188.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221016-0001.
Discussion on the location of Dazhui (GV 14) and Yaoyangguan (GV 3)
Since the anatomical location of acupoints was recorded in
The latest Practice of Western Acupuncture
in 1915
and
Lecture Notes on Advanced Acupuncture
in 1931
the Japanese acupuncture works of Chinese translation version
the location of Dazhui (GV 14) (under the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra) and Yaoyangguan (GV 3) (under the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra) had rarely been questioned for nearly a century. In order to confirm the above statement
the writers have reviewed ancient literature
combined with the modern anatomical knowledge and searched the evidences from the core arguments of the acupuncture
Mingtang
chart and the bronze acupuncture statue. It is believed that Dazhui (GV 14) should be positioned under the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra
and Yaoyangguan(GV 3) be under the spinous process of the 5th lumbar vertebra. Accordingly
all of the other acupoints of these meridians should be moved down by 1 vertebra
i.e. those on the governor vessel from Dazhui (GV 14) to Yaoyangguan (GV 3)
those on the 1st lateral line of the bladder meridian of foot-
taiyang
from Dazhu (BL 11) to Baihuanshu (BL 30) and those on the 2nd lateral line of the bladder meridian from Fufen (BL 41) to Zhibian (BL 54).
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