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    GV 14

    Dazhui

    dà zhuī (大椎 )
    Great Hammer, Great Vertebra, Big Vertebra

Dazhui (GV 14)

Location

On the posterior midline, in the depression below the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra, approximately at the level of the shoulders.

Indications
  • Cough, asthma, common cold
  • Neck pain and rigidity, back stiffness
  • Malaria, afternoon fever, febrile diseases, epilepsy
Applications
  • Expels wind, releases the exterior
  • Clears heat
  • Tonifies deficiency of qi and yang
  • Pacifies wind
Techniques

Needle obliquely upward 0.5-1.0 cun.

Remarks
Special Points Remarks: 
4 Sea Point - Qi