ACUPUNCTURE
Yang Gang: TCM Acupoint Guide
YANGGANG
Name
Yang Gang (Yanggang)
Location
3 cun lateral to the midline, level with the lower border of the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra and level with UB-19 Danshu. Note: when the shoulder is relaxed, the 3 cun line corresponds to the medial border of the scapula.
Needling
- Puncture obliquely, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Caution: deep perpendicular or deep oblique needling in a medial direction carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Regulates the gall bladder
- Clears damp-heat
- Harmonizes the Middle Jiao
Indications
- Borborygmus
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Pain in the hypochondriac region
- Jaundice
- Abdominal distention
- Dysenteric disorder with blood
- Irregular defecation
- No pleasure in eating
- Hepatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Gastritis
- Heat in the body
- Yellow eyes
- Yellow face
- Pain in the lateral costal region
- Dark, hesitant urination
- Indolence
- Difficult ingestion
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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