Acupoint+GV-13+(Tao+Dao)

**GV13 ** ** • **   **Tao Dao**    •    **Governing Vessel** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **13** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Kiln Path. Meeting Point on the Governing Vessel with the Bladder Channel. = = =Location= Below the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebrae.

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Clears Heat Regulates the Governing Vessel// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Treats Malaria// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> =Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1.0 cun

Technique:
Puncture Obliquely Upward

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
can use for releasing the exterior if you cannot needle GV-14 for some reason

Indications
local

Special Notes
BL meridian crosses here, similar to GV-14 but less powerful

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Bone Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dizziness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Fever **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Fever And Chills **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Headache **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Malaria **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Mental Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Perspiration Absent **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Seizures **<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"> • **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">