ACUPUNCTURE
Jin Suo: TCM Acupoint Guide
JINSUO
Name
Jin Suo (Jinsuo)
Location
On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra, level with UB-18 Ganshu. Note: this point is located six intervertebral spaces above the line connecting the highest points of the iliac crests.
Needling
- Oblique superior insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Caution: the spinal canal lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Soothes the liver
- Pacifies wind
- Relieves spasms
- Calms the shen
- Relaxes the sinews
Indications
- Upward staring eyes
- Clonic spasm
- Epilepsy
- Childhood fright epilepsy
- Stiffness and contraction of the spine
- Heart pain
- Spasms
- Convulsions
- Stiffness of the back
- Gastric pain
- Tremors
- Lack of coordination
- Mania
- Mad walking
- Incessant talking
- Jaundice
- Anger injuring the liver
- Hepatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Pleurisy
- Seizures
- Hysteria
- Intercostal neuralgia
Notes
This is a main point for liver wind. The most common form of treatment on this point is moxibustion.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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