Acupoint+GV-2+(Yao+Shu)

   **Yao Shu** **• ** **Governing Vessel** **2** **• **  **14.2.335** //Lumbar Shu, Loins Correspondence// = = =Location= //On the posterior midline at the sacral hiatus.//

=Point Summary=  //Strengthens The Lumbar Region And Legs// //Dispels Wind Damp//

=Needling= 0.5 - 1.0 cun; Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

Other Names:
Yao Hu: "Lumbar Door" Bei Jie: "Loosened Back" Bei Xian: "New Back" Yao Zhu: "Pillar of the waist" Sui Shu: "Marrow Shu" Sui Kong: "Marrow Emptiness" or "Marrow Hollow" Sui Kong: "Opening of Marrow" Sui Fu: "Storehouse of Marrow"

=General Indications=

Special Notes
-has a weak function of warming the lower burner (in theory, but not used clinically) -one of the 'eight points for draining heat from the extremities'

=Diagnostic Indications:= Epilepsy ** • ** Hemorrhoids ** • ** Lumbar Pain ** • ** Menses Irregular ** • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sacral Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spinal Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** Hemorrhoids

=Deadman Indications= -Pain of the sacrum, pain of the lumbar region and hips with inability to flex and extend, lumbar pain radiating to the foot, cold painful obstruction with numbness of the leg -Irregular menstruation, red and white leukorrhea, dark urine, hemorrhoids -Warm malaria with absence of sweating, epilepsy, injury by cold with ceaseless heat in the four limbs

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the governor vessel, sexual organs, back, lumbar area, lower limbs, particularly on the anterolateral side. Disperses the large intestine, anus, bladder, urethra. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Sexual organs: blennorrhagia. women: menses blocked, uterine problems Anus: hemorrhoids. Bladder: quantity of urine insufficient; red color; urethra: inflammation (blennorrhagia). Back and lumbar area: pain, lumbar area stiff, troubles of the lumbar vertebra. Lower limb, particularly the anterolateral surface: extreme coldness or weakness to the point of flaccidity; foot weak to the point of flaccidity "without action."
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=Porkert Indications= Correcting depletion including depletion algor affecting the lower calorium Irregular menstruation; pain, spastic tension in the loins and the back, but also in the perineum, making walking, turning and bending impossible; occlusion of the lower extremity (pain, pareses); infectious periodic fever without perspiration; enuresis, hemorrhoids; reddish or milky and turgid urine.
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=James Tin Yau So Indications= Lumbar pain; back pain; patient cannot bend forward or backward; coldness; stiffness; numbness below the lumbar area; patient cannot sit or lie down; bed wetting in children; amenorrhea; malaria with high fever; flaming sensation in the four limbs after the flu

=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Good if energy gets stuck going into legs, e.g. sciatica. Good for Multiple Sclerosis patients. The Independent Associated Point for the loins (Renal area), used for lower back, menstruation and bladder problems. (PMS, irritability, etc)... It has a tremendous effect on the mental level too - will help with all types of mental disorder, with a person that has no balance or is lethargic, etc. For any trouble in the area of the loins. Backache, back pain, stiffness, general aching in the loins. Irregular menstruation, fevers, bladder problems. Paralysis of feet. When person is extremely irritable at start of menstruation (not depression). [JRW]