GV 13 Acupuncture Point - Tao Dao - Governing Vessel Meridian
- Chinese Name Tao Dao
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English Name Kiln Path
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Location: T1.
- Point Associations:
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Intersecting Point of the Governing Vessel & Urinary Bladder Vessels
- Actions & Effects:
- Special for steaming bone disorder or inflammatory diseases affecting the bones, chills and fever.
- Important point for malaria.
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Stiffness of the neck a/or spine, heavy head, headaches.
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Governing Vessel Meridian Points (28):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
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