Yaoyangguan

Found on the posterior midline of the lower back, in the hollow just below the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra. Note: it sits one intervertebral space beneath the line joining the highest points of the two iliac crests.

1. 01Insert perpendicularly, 0.5–1 cun.
2. 02Caution: depending on body build, the spinal cord lies 1.25–1.75 cun beneath the skin surface.
3. 03Located below the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra, level with the crista iliaca.
4. 04Moxibustion may be used.
5. 05Situated between the spinous processes of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae.

• ·Expels Wind-Dampness
• ·Strengthens the lumbar region and legs
• ·Harmonizes the lower Jiao
• ·Tonifies Yang
• ·Regulates Kidney Qi
• ·Supports the lower back and knees
• ·Clears Cold-Dampness

• ·Cannot flex or extend the knee
• ·Lateral knee pain
• ·Wind Bi causing numbness
• ·Sinew contraction
• ·Inability to walk
• ·Groin and lower-back pain from taxation injury
• ·Atrophy, motor impairment, numbness and pain in the lower extremities
• ·Sciatica
• ·Metritis
• ·Metrorrhagia
• ·Nocturnal emission
• ·Spermatorrhea
• ·Wei and Bi syndromes of the lower limbs
• ·Weakness of the lower limbs
• ·Lower-limb numbness
• ·Numb, stiff legs
• ·Chronic enteritis
• ·Scrofula
• ·Hernia
• ·Persistent vomiting
• ·Seminal emission
• ·Impotence
• ·White turbidity
• ·Menstrual disorders
• ·Leukorrhea
• ·Nephritis
• ·Colitis
• ·Irregular menstruation
• ·Impotence
• ·Premature ejaculation
• ·Lumbar disc problems
• ·Lower back pain
• ·Distention of the lower abdomen
• ·Knee pain or weakness
• ·Leg cramps
• ·Leg paralysis
• ·Diarrhea due to Cold-Damp
• ·Knee arthritis
• ·Lower-limb contractures that prevent walking
• ·White vaginal discharge
• ·Blood-tinged vaginal discharge
• ·Myelitis

• ·This point is used mainly for lower-back and leg disorders, especially those stemming from Kidney Yang Deficiency.
• ·It is reputed to work particularly well for vaginal discharge accompanied by mucus and Phlegm.