B19 Dan Shu ( Back Shu Point of the Gallbladder , V19 )

Location - - 1 . 5 cun lateral to Du7 , at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra

Indications Jaundice , bitter taste of the mouth , pain in the chest and hypochondriac region , pulmonary tuberculosis , afternoon fever .

Method Puncture obliquely - 0 . 5 - 0 . 8 inch . Moxibustion is applicable .

Musculature M . latissimus dorsi , the site between m . longissimus and m . iliocostalis .

Vasculature The medial branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein .

Innervation The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the tenth and eleventh thoracic nerves ; deeper , their lateral branches .