B50 Weicang ( V50 )

Location 3 cun lateral to the Du Meridian , at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra

Indications Abdominal distension , pain in the epigastric region and hack , infantile indigestion .

Method Puncture obliquely - 0 . 3 - 0 . 5 inch . Moxibustion is applicable .

Vasculature The posterior branches of the subcosta] artery and vein

Innervation The lateral cutaneous branches of the posterior ramus of the eleventh thoracic nerve .