B48 Yanggang ( V48 )

Location 3 cun lateral to Du7 , at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra

Indications Borborygmus , abdominal pain , diarrhea , pain in the hypochondriac region , jaundice .

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

Vasculalure The posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein .

Innervation The lateral cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the eighth and ninth thoracic nerves .