Du11 Shendao ( Vg11 )

Location Below the spinous process of the Fifth thoracic vertebra .

Indications Poor memory , anxiety , palpitation , pain and stiffness of the back , cough , cardiac pain .

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

Vasculature The posterior branch of the fifth intercostal artery .

Innervation The medial branch of the posterior ra Mus of the fifth thoracic nerve .