Dushu (BL16)
Dushu (BL16), “Governing Shu”, is a point on the Bladder meridian. It is point 16 of the 67 on the channel. Back-Shu of the Du Mai: regulates Qi of the chest and abdomen and eases cardiac pain.
Location
In the upper back, level with the lower border of the T6 spinous process, 1.5 cun lateral to the posterior median line.
Functions according to tradition
Back-Shu of the Du Mai: regulates Qi of the chest and abdomen and eases cardiac pain.
Traditional indications
- Cardiac pain
- Abdominal pain
- Chills and fever
- Hiccup
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
What its classification means
Located on the back, on the inner branch of the Bladder channel, at the level of the organ it relates to. Tradition prefers it for chronic disorders and disorders of the zang organs.
Precautions
Needle obliquely towards the spine: deep perpendicular insertion reaches the lung.
Points on other channels with similar indications
They share several traditional indications with this point. Comparing them helps understand why one or the other is chosen.
- PC2 Tianquan (Pericardium): Cardiac pain
- CV15 Jiuwei (Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)): Cardiac pain
- CV8 Shenque (Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)): Abdominal pain
- HT1 Jiquan (Heart): Cardiac pain
- HT9 Shaochong (Heart): Cardiac pain
- KI17 Shangqu (Kidney): Abdominal pain
Point profile
- Code
- BL16
- Pinyin name
- Dū Shū
- Characters
- 督俞
- Translation
- Governing Shu
- Meridian
- Bladder
- Element
- Water
- Classification
- Back-Shu
- Topics
- Heart, Digestion, Chest
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