Meridians and Points

Governor Vessel (Du Mai)

Locations, indications, techniques and combinations of the points most used on the fourteen meridians.

GV4

Mingmen 命门 (GV4)

Below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, on the posterior midline.

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GV14

Below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, on the posterior midline.

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GV20

On the midline of the head, 5 cun above the anterior hairline, at the midpoint of the line joining the apices of the two ears.

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GV26

At the junction of the upper third and lower two thirds of the philtrum, on the anterior midline.

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