腰阳关 Yaoyangguan(GV3)
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Yaoyangguan(GV3)功能、定位及按摩方法
Course
The channel originates in the lower part of the abdomen below the umbilicus, makes its downward way through the perineum, then ascends along the middle of the spinal column, and reaches Fengfu(DU16) at the back of the neck where it enters the brain. I1 continues to ascend from Fengfu(DU16), along the midline of the head and passing the vertex, forehead, columella of the nose and the upper lip, then to Yinjiao(DU28).
The branches from this channel connect with the kidney and travel through the heart.
Yaoyangguan(GV3)
Location: On the low back and on the posterior midline, in the depression below the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
Indications: Irregular menstrualtion, emission, impotency, lumbosacral pain, flaccidity of the lower extremilies.
Method:Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature :The posterior branch of the lumbar artery.
Innervation:The medial branch of the posterior ramus of the lumbar nerve.
The lung Meridian picture of Yaoyangguan(GV3) Acupoint
Body surface picture of Yaoyangguan(GV3) Acupoint
Anatomy picture of Yaoyangguan(GV3) Acupoint
Section picture of Yaoyangguan(GV3) Acupoint, 百拇医药