Location
( GV-8 Sinew Contraction JINSUO - Acupuncture Points ) On the midline, below the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra (T9).

How to find
Locate T7  and, from there, count down 2 spinous processes to T9. Locate GV-8 on the midline, below its spinous process. Or: Use the Tuffier’s line for reference.
Locate T9 by counting up from L4 and there locate GV-8 on the midline, below the spinous process.
Located on the same level are a point of -- Ex-B-2/BL-18/BL-47 (0.5/1.5/3 cun lateral to the midline).

Needling
0.5–1 cun strictly vertically to the skin or obliquely in an inferior direction, with the patient’s back straight or flexed in order to avoid puncturing the spinal canal. Oblique insertions should only be carried out by experienced practitioners, as in small persons (irrespective of their body weight), the spinal canal may be reached after only 1.25 cun.

Actions/Indications
Soothes the Liver
Dispels Wind
Calms the shen