Du14 Dazhui ( Vg14 )

Location Below the spinous process , of the seventh cervical vertebra , approximately at the level of the shoulders

Indications Neck pain and rigidity , malaria , febrile diseases , epilepsy , afternoon fever , cough , asthma , common cold , back stiffness .

Method Puncture obliquely upward - 0 . 5 - - 1 . 0 inch . Moxibustion is applicable .

Vasculature The branch of the transverse cervical artery .

Innervation The posterior ramus of the eighth cervical nerve and the medial branch of the posterior ramus of the first thoracic nerve .