Name
巨骨
- Ju Gu
- Great Bone
- Giant Armor
Location
In the hollow between the spine of the scapula, the clavicle and the acromion. Medial to the acromioclavicular joint.
Nature
- Crossing with Yang Stepping Vessel
Actions
- Painful Obstruction Syndrome: Shoulder pain with difficulty moving, both raising and lowering (LI-15 raising only)
- Symptom of very severe hemorrhage in the chest: vomiting blood. "As if the heart were breaking".
- Local point for supraspinatus muscle. Supraspinatus tendinitis.
- Tonifies Marrow
- Helps Lung-Qi to descend. Cough and asthma
Treatment
- Needling: 0.4 - 0.5 CUN obliquely toward the shoulder, not medially