Du-3

Du-3

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
After 1st monthAcupuncture
Element
English

Lumbar Yang Gate

Name

腰陽關

Transliteration

Yaoyangquan

Indications
wind-damp lumbar region and legs lower jiao (lower third of body)
Kinesiology
Lumbar spine
Channel Psychology

Gv: Not right to be supported by others, I must support others.

Symptoms

Inability to flex and extend the knee, pain of the outer aspect of the knee, pain with numbness, contraction of the sinews, inability to walk, pain of the crotch and lumbar region due to taxation injury, seminal emission, impotence, disorders of menstruation, white vaginal discharge

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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.