GV 10 Acupuncture Point

Governing Vessel 10, Abbreviated as GV 10, also known as DU 10, Transliterated Lingtai in Chinese, Spirit Platform in English.

GV 10 Acupuncture Point Location:

On the back, on the posterior median line, in the depression below the spinous process of the 6th thoracic vertebra.

GV 10 Acupuncture Point Indications:

  • Acute gastric pain
  • Furuncles (aka boil – an infection of a hair follicle)
  • Cough, asthma, stiffness and pain of the back

GV 10 Acupuncture Point Benefits:

Opens the chest, relieves coughing and wheezing, clears Heat-Toxins.