Governing Vessel 14   Da Zhui

Governing Vessel 14 - Da Zhui

“Big Vertebrae” “Big Hammer Vertebrae” Great Hammer” (refers to the C7 vertebrae)

Perpendicular 0.5-1.0”, or moxa frequently or for long periods

Meeting Point of All Yang Meridians and Governing Vessel, Center General Meeting Point of Yang Meridians

 * Relieves Exterior Conditions and Opens the Yang - febrile diseases, heat stroke, Summer Heat diseases, common cold, Cold induced diseases, fever and chills, headache, neck rigidity and cannot turn neck, afternoon fever, steaming bones and recurrent fevers, night sweats, cough, bronchitis, hacking cough, asthma, constricted chest and sore ribs, TB, emphysema, congested throat, blood diseases, eczema, urticaria, epistaxis, gingivitis

* Clears the Brain and Calms the Spirit - epilepsy, seizures, psychosis, hysteria, neurasthenia, infantile convulsions

* Harmonizes the Shao Yang - malaria, hepatitis, Yang jaundice, vomiting, cholera

* Clears Obstructions in the Channels - stiffness of the back, pain in back and shoulder, loins and spine painful, hemiplegia, rheumatic diseases, numbness, numbness in children, St. Vitus Dance, retinal hemorrhage, circulates Qi and Blood in upper limbs