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GV4 · Governor Vessel (Du Mai)

Mingmen 命门 (GV4)

Mìngmén

LOCATION Below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, on the posterior midline.
INDICATIONS Lumbago, seminal emission, impotence, irregular menstruation, chronic diarrhoea, weakness of the lower back and knees.
ACTIONS Tonifies kidney yang, warms the gate of life, strengthens the lower back.
NEEDLING Oblique insertion upwards 0.5 to 1 cun.
MOXIBUSTION Moxa cone 5 to 10 cones; mild-warm moxibustion 15 to 20 minutes.

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