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DU 14 (GV 14)

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DU 14 (GV 14)

Pinyin Name & English Translation
Dashui, Big Vertebrae (Great Hammer)

Location
Below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebrae, approximately at the level of the shoulders.

Indications
Neck pain and rigidity, malaria, febrile diseases, epilepsy, afternoon fever, cough, asthma, common cold, back stiffness.

Traditional Action
Clears heat, releases the exterier, expels wind, regulates Nutritive and Defensive Qi, clears the mind, tonifies the yang.

Contraindications


References:

Maciocia, Giovanni.  The Foundations of Chinese Medicine. London: Churchill Livingstone, 1989

O’Connor, John and Bensky, Dan, trans. Acupuncture, A Comprehensive Text. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1981

Xinnong, Cheng, et al. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion.  Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1987.



Acupuncture Points beginning with "D"

DU 01 (GV 1) DU 02 (GV 2) DU 03 (GV 3) DU 04 (GV 4) DU 05 (GV 5) DU 06 (GV 6) DU 07 (GV 7) DU 08 (GV 8) DU 09 (GV 9) DU 10 (GV 10) DU 11 (GV 11) DU 12 (GV 12) DU 13 (GV 13) DU 14 (GV 14) DU 14 (GV 14) DU 15 (GV 15) DU 16 (GV 16) DU 17 (GV 17) DU 18 (GV 18) DU 19 (GV 19) DU 20 (GV 20) DU 21 (GV 21) DU 22 (GV 22) DU 23 (GV 23) DU 24 (GV 24) DU 25 (GV 25) DU 26 (GV 26) DU 27 (GV 27) DU 28 (GV 28) Dabao Dadu Dadun Dahcangshu Dahe Daheng Daimai Daju Daling Dannangxue Danshu Dark Gate Dashui Daying Dazhong Dazhu Declining Connection Deviating Turn Deviation from Hanging Skull (Suspended Minute) Diaphragm's Hollow Diaphragm's Pass Dicang Dihi Dingchuan Dispersing Riverbed Dispersing Stream (Ravine Divide) Diwuhui Door of the Corporeal Soul (Po) Door of the Etheral Soul (Hun) Dubi Duiduan Dushu Dyspnea Stabilizer

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