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DU 04 (GV 4)

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DU 04 (GV 4)

Pinyin Name & English Translation
Mingmen, Gate of Life

Location
Below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra

Indications
Siffness of the back, lumbago, impotence, nocturnal emission, indigestion, irregular menstruation, diarrhea, leukorrhea.

Traditional Action
Tonifies Kidney Yang, nourishes Original Qi warms gate of vitality, expels cold, strengthens the lower back, benefits Essence.

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 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 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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