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DU Point Location
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Location of DU-1 CHÁNGQIÁNG Long Strong | On the midline, midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus |
| Location of DU-2 YĀOSHŪ Lumbar Shu | On the midline, in the sacro-coccygeal hiatus |
| Location of DU-3(YĀOYÁNGGUĀN Lumbar Yang Gate), DU-4 (MÌNGMÉN Gate of Life) and DU-5 (XUÁNSHŪ Suspended Pivot) | DU-3 is below L4 DU-4 is below L2 DU-5 is below L1 |
| Location of DU-6 (JǏZHŌNG Center of the Spine), DU-7 (ZHŌNGSHŪ Central Pivot), DU-8 (JĪNSŪO Sinew Contraction) and DU-9 (ZHÌYÁNG Reaching Yang) | DU-6 is below T11 DU-7 is below T10 DU-8 is below T9 DU-9 is below T7 |
| Location of DU-10 (LÍNGTÁI Spirit Tower) and DU-11 (SHÉNDÀO Spirit Pathway) | DU-10 is below T6 DU-11 is below T5 |
| Location of DU-12 SHĒNZHÙ Body Pillar | Below T3 |
| Location of DU-13 TÁODÀO Way of Happiness | Below T1 |
| Location of DU-14 DÀZHUĪ Great Vertebra | Below C7 |
| Location of DU-16 FĒNGFǓ Palace of Wind | On midline at nape of neck in soft area immediately inferior to occiput This point lies approximately 1 cun above the posterior hairline. |
| How to find DU-15 YǍMÉN Gate of Muteness? | The posterior hairline is measured as 1 cun inferior to Fēngfǔ DU-16. Locate Yǎmén DU-15 at the midpoint, i.e. 0.5 cun above the posterior hairline OR 0.5 cun below DU-16 |
| How to find DU-20? | Location: Midline vertex in depression 5 cun post. to ant. hairline, 7 cun sup. to post. hairline OR 8 cun post. to glabella & 6 cun sup. ECP Find: Fold ear in half, from apex draw line to vertex of head. |
| How to find DU-17 (NǍOHÙ Brain's Door), DU-18 (QIÁNGJIĀN Unyielding Space) and DU-19 (HÒUDǏNG Behind the Crown)? | DU-18 on midline midway b/w DU-20 and DU-16 DU-17 on midline midway b/w DU-18 and DU-16 DU-19 on midline midway b/w DU-18 and DU-20 |
| Location of DU-24 and 23 | DU-24 is 0.5 cun posterior to anterior hairline DU-23 is 0.5 cun posterior to DU-24 |
| How to find DU-21 and 22? | On the midline evenly spaced between DU-20 and DU-24 |
| Location of DU-25 | midline tip of nose |
| Location of DU-26 | midline above upper lip at upper 1/3 of philtrum |
| Location of DU-27 | on midline at junction of philtrum and upper lip |
| Location of extra point: Ding Chuan | 0.5 - 1 cun lateral to space below C7 0.5 - 1 cun lateral to DU-14 |
| Location of extra point: Jingbailao | 2 cun superior to DU-14, and 1 cun lateral to midline |
| Which DU points have only perpendicular insertion 0.5 - 1 cun? | 1,3,4,5,15 |
| Which Du Mai points have oblique superior insertion at 0.5 - 1 cun? | 2, 8 - 11 26 (0.3-0.5)& 27 (0.2-0.3) & 28(0.2-0.3) 28 also prick to bleed |
| Which Du Mai points have this caution: The spinal canal lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build. | 3 - 14 |
| Which Du Mai points are classically or contemporarily contraindicated with moxa before the age of 20? Which are classically contraindicated with moxabustion in general? | 4 6,7,15,16,17,25 |
| Which Du Mai points have perpendicular oblique insertion at 0.5 - 1 cun? | 5,7 |
| Which Du Mai points are classically contraindicated to needling? | 10,11,24 |
| Which Du Mai points are perpendicular oblique superior insertion at 0.5 - 1 cun? | 6,712,13,14 |
| Which Du Mai points carry the caution: Spinal canal lies b/w 1.5 and 2 cun deep to skin surface - varies according to body build. Deep perpendicular & superior oblique insertion (towards the brain) strictly contraindicated. | 15,16 |
| Which Du Mai points are perpendicular slightly inferior insertion at 0.5 - 1 cun? | 15,16 |
| Which Du Mai points are transverse superior or inferior insertion at 0.5 - 1 cun? | 17 |
| Which Du Mai points are transverse insertion at 0.5 - 1 cun? | 18-24 |
| Which 2 Du Mai points carry the caution: this point should not be needled in infants whose fontanelle has not yet closed. | 21,22 |
| What are the needling techniques for DU-25? | i. Perpendicular insertion 0.2 to 0.3 cun ii. Transverse insertion directed superiorly 0.5 to 1 cun iii. Prick to bleed |
| Which 2 Du Mai points have the needling option of Prick to Bleed'? | 25 and 28 |
| Location of extra point: Shiqizhuixia | Below L5 |
| Location of extra point: Sishencong | 4 points located like cardinal directions around DU-20 1 cun from DU-20 |
| Distance from anterior hairline to DU-20 | 5 cun |
| Location of DU-28 | on midline inside mouth at junction of upper lip and gum |
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