Li Xu stood up and walked over to the woman.
"Ma'am, please sit forward a bit and expose your lower back."
Although the woman was slightly confused as to why he was skipping the pulse reading and going straight to acupuncture, she did as she was told. Li Xu pinpointed the location, his gaze focusing sharply as the Silver Needle in his hand pierced down like lightning.
The single needle sank with absolute precision into the midline of her lower back, just beneath the Mingmen acupoint. This needle struck the core acupoint of the Governing Vessel—the Yaoyangguan—and angled toward the adjacent Jiaji acupoint. The Governing Vessel commands the Yang Qi of the entire body and governs the lumbar spine, acting as the Sea of Yang Channels. Any lower back or lower limb pain caused by floating Yang, coldness in the Governing Vessel, or stagnation of Qi and blood can be treated by warming and clearing this channel.
