CV and GV Meridians

Question 1

CV-1

Answer 1

Ventral midline, halfway between the anus and the root of the scrotum or vulva. In geldings it is located at the level below the tuber ischium

Question 2

CV-3

Answer 2

4 cun caudal to the umbilicus

Question 3

CV-4

Answer 3

3 cun caudal to the umbilicus

Question 4

CV-5

Answer 4

2 cun caudal to umbilicus

Question 5

CV-8

Answer 5

At the center of the umbilicus

Question 6

CV-12

Answer 6

Midway between the xyphoid and umbilicus or 4 cun cranial to the umbilicus (lowest point of the abdomen)

Question 7

CV-14

Answer 7

At the tip of the xyphoid

Question 8

CV-15

Answer 8

1 cun cranial to CV-14 or 7 cun cranial that the umbilicus

Question 9

CV-17

Answer 9

At the level of the caudal border of the elbow or on the midline at the level of the 4th intercostal space

Question 10

CV-22

Answer 10

On the midline in a depression cranial to the sternum

Question 11

CV-23

Answer 11

On the ventral midline of the neck, just in front of the laryngeal head

Question 12

CV-24

Answer 12

Lower lip on the midline, 1 cun ventral to the rim of the lower lip (externally)

Question 13

GV-1

Answer 13

On midline in the depression between the anus and the ventral aspect of the tail

Question 14

GV-3

Answer 14

In a depression on dorsal midline between the DSPs of L4 and L5

Question 15

GV-4

Answer 15

In a depression on dorsal midline between the DSPs of L2 and L3

Question 16

GV-5

Answer 16

In a depression on dorsal midline between the DSPs of L1 and L2

Question 17

GV-14

Answer 17

In the depression on dorsal midline at the level of C7-T1

Question 18

GV-16

Answer 18

In the depression on dorsal midline at the atlantioccipital joint between the right and left GB-20

Question 19

GV-20

Answer 19

On dorsal midline at the dorsocranial aspect of the nuchal crest

Question 20

GV-24

Answer 20

On the dorsal midline at the rostral end of the forelock (da-fen-men)

Question 21

GV-26

Answer 21

On the dorsal midline between the ventral limits of the nostrils

Question 22

GV-28

Answer 22

On midline of the inner surface of the upper lip on the maxillary labial vein