DU-9 Zhiyang - Utmost Yang

More Spirit Names: Reaching Yang, Supreme Yang, Extremity of Yang, Bottom of the Lung

English:	Reaching Yang
Also Known As:	Supreme Yang Utmost Yang

Location

On the midline of the back, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra.
Note: this point is located at the level of UB-17 Geshu.
Below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, approximately at the level of the inferior of the scapula.
Between the spinous processes of the seventh and eighth vertebrae.
This point is said to calm the urge to kill.

Oblique superior insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution: the spinal cord lies between 1.25 and 1.75 cun deep to the skin surface, varying according to body build.
Slanted insertion, 0.7 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness extending to the low back and chest.
Moxibustion is applicable.

Cold in the Stomach
Inability to eat
Emaciation
Borborygmus
Heaviness and pain of the four limbs
Weakness of the four limbs with malaise of the whole body due to Exterior Heat or Cold pathogen
Difficulty speaking due to diminished Qi
Hepatitis
Cholecystitis
Round worms in the bile duct
The four limbs painful and swollen
Lack of energy
Asthenia
Does not want to speak
The Qi in the back feels like it is rising and descending
Yin in the Stomach causing anorexia
Stomach ache
Yin or Yang rheumatism
Discomfort in the ankle
Body curled up and lethargic
Bronchiectasis
Aching in the bones

SP-9 Yinlingquan ST-36 Zusanli GB-24 Riyue UB-19 Danshu UB-48 Yanggang	UB-18 Ganshu UB-20 Pishu ST-36 Zusanli GB-34 Yanglingquan	GB-34 Yanglingquan SJ-6 Zhigou
Jaundice	Infectious hepatitis	Psoriasis
PC-6 Neiguan
Cardiac arrhythmia

Because it is located at the diaphragm, this point acts on both the Upper and Middle Jiaos.
This is the most Yang point on the upper back.
For jaundice its action is compared to Yin Chen Hao.

Spirit of the Point	No vessel in the body is more yang than the Governor Vessel, and no point on it is more yang than this one. It connects with the very source of yang energy, with energy, vitality, movement and heat, and it is used to bring the yang surging back. Utmost Yang, Spirit Tower and Spirit Path bring the patient somewhere wonderful; they open the Heavens apart and show them where to be. For general weariness, drooping and weakness it brings heat and Yang energy, makes the person upright again and holds things up.
Worsley	Location: On the back midline, in the dip between the T7 and T8 spinous processes. Needle depth: 5 fen Moxa: 7 cones
When to Consider	When there needs to be a resurgence of the yang in someone's life When there is a lack of resilience, animation and vision When there is depression from stagnation and a lack of growth and vision When the bones ache; remember, it's the spine's job to hold everything up For extremes of Yang: in excess, too passionate with a fiery temper, or deficient, so inert they couldn't care less When there is general aching all over, physically or mentally
Combinations	DU-10 Spirit Tower and DU-11 Spirit Path with DU-9: take the patient to a higher place and open the spirit to a larger sense of purpose
Notes	It's like a Horary point on the Governor Vessel Be very, very careful: the patient must be near balanced, since it lifts energy to a higher place Make sure a resurgence of yang is what is needed

Anointing the Seven Stars of the Great Dipper: Anoint seven levels of the central axis from Ren-1/Du-1 up to Du-20 so the spirits ascend through the crown; front Ren points can substitute for back Du points. (Lewis)