Du Meridian

Question 1

Is the du channel yin or yang?

Answer 1

very yang

Question 2

Where does the du meridian originate?

Answer 2

in the lower abdomen- emerges at the perineum

Question 3

Where does the du meridian terminate?

Answer 3

in the mouth at the junction of the upper lip and gum

Question 4

How many points are on the Du channel?

Answer 4

28 (or 29 if you count yin tang between the eyebrows)

Question 5

What Du channel point is located at C7

Answer 5

DU 14

Question 6

What Du channel point is located at T3

Answer 6

Du 12

Question 7

What Du channel point is located at T7

Answer 7

Du 9

Question 8

What Du channel point is located at L4

Answer 8

DU 3

Question 9

What Du channel point is located at the Sacral hiatus

Answer 9

DU 2

Question 10

On what vertabrae are there NO Du Points?

Answer 10

No points on C2, C3, C4, C5, C6
T2, T4, T8, T12
L3, L5
S1 1, S1 2, S1 3, SI 4 (sacrum)

Question 11

What is the Lou point for the Du meridian

Answer 11

DU 1

Question 12

At which point does the DU channel enter the brain?

Answer 12

DU 16

Question 13

midway between the tip of the coccyx and anus, locate point with patient in prone position

Answer 13

DU 1

Question 14

On the hiatus of the sacrum

Answer 14

DU 2

Question 15

Below the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra, level with the iliac crest

Answer 15

DU 3

Question 16

Below spinous process of 2nd lumbar vertebra

Answer 16

DU 4

Question 17

Below spinous process of 1st lumbar vertebra

Answer 17

DU 5

Question 18

Below spinous process of 11th thoracic vertebra

Answer 18

DU 6

Question 19

Below spinous process of 10th thoracic vertebra

Answer 19

DU 7

Question 20

Below spinous process of 9th thoracic vertebra

Answer 20

DU 8

Question 21

Below spinous process of 7th thoracic vertebra approximately at level with inferior angle of scapula

Answer 21

DU 9

Question 22

Below spinous process of 6th thoracic vertebra

Answer 22

DU 10

Question 23

Below spinous process of 5th thoracic vertebra

Answer 23

DU 11

Question 24

Below spinous process of 3rd thoracic vertebra

Answer 24

DU 12

Question 25

Below spinous process of 1st thoracic vertebra

Answer 25

DU 13

Question 26

Below spinous process of 7th cervical vertebra approximately at level of shoulders

Answer 26

DU 14

Question 27

0.5 cun directly above midpoint of posterior hairline in depression below spinous process of 1st cervical vertebra

Answer 27

DU 15

Question 28

1 cun directly above midpoint of posterior hairline directly below external occipital protuberance in depression between trapezius of both sides

Answer 28

DU 16

Question 29

2.5 cun directly above midpoint of posterior hairline 1.5 cun directly above Du-16 in depression on upper border of external occipital protuberance

Answer 29

Du 17

Question 30

4 cun directly above midpoint of posterior hairline 1.5 cun directly above Du-17

Answer 30

DU 18

Question 31

5.5 cun directly above midpoint of posterior hairline 1.5 cun directly above Du-18

Answer 31

DU 19

Question 32

On the midline of the head 5 cun directly above midpoint of anterior hairline, approximately on midpoint of line connecting apex of ears

Answer 32

DU 20

Question 33

3.5 cun directly above midpoint of anterior hairline 1.5 cun anterior to Du-20

Answer 33

DU 21

Question 34

2 cun posterior to midpoint of anterior hairline 3 cun anterior to Du-20

Answer 34

DU 22

Question 35

1 cun directly above midpoint of anterior hairline

Answer 35

DU 23

Question 36

0.5 cun directly above midpoint of anterior hairline

Answer 36

DU 24

Question 37

On the tip of the nose

Answer 37

DU 25

Question 38

At the junction of upper 1⁄3 and middle 1⁄3 of the philtrum

Answer 38

DU 26

Question 39

On the labial tubercle of upper lip on vermilion border between philtrum and upper lip

Answer 39

DU 27

Question 40

At the junction of gum and frenulum of the upper lip

Answer 40

DU 28