The YNSA Basic zone D is found on either side of the head at the temples. It is about 1 to 1.5 cm wide and 4 mm high, and is located just above the cheek bone (Os zygomaticum) at about the level of the arms of a pair of eyeglasses. The YNSA Basic zone D is associated with the lumbar spine or lower back. Any disorders affecting or originating in the region of the body below the first lumbar vertebra (LS1) may be associated with tenderness or swelling in this area.
YNSA Basic points D 1-6
The YNSA Basic D points correspond to the five lumbar vertebrae L1-L5 (D 1-5) and the sacrum (D6). They are located on either side of the head just in front of the notch where the top of the outer ear or auricula attaches to the side of the head, along a line angling forward and down toward the cheek. Each point is about 2 mm x 2 mm.
The D points may be painful to the touch in patients suffering from low back pain, lumbago, etc.
Stimulating the Basic D points in YNSA
Prior to stimulating the Basic D points, the practitioner will carefully examine the scalp by touch (palpation), to identify any raised areas or swellings. Such swellings may feel very painful or tender to the patient. If a YNSA point tests positive, it is stimulated with a fine acupuncture needle.
Indications for the D points:
- Sore back/lumbar spine syndrome
- Prolapsed or herniated discs in the lumbar spine
- Sacrum pain
- Coccyx (tailbone) pain
- Hip pain
- Leg pain
- Arthritis of the knee
- Patellar chondropathy
- Patellar tendonitis (jumper’s knee)
- Foot pain
- Achillodynia (inflammation of the Achilles tendon)
- Heel spurs
- Plantar fibromas (Ledderhose’s disease)
- Ankle sprains
- Tendency to supination trauma
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) of the lower extremity
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) of the lower extremity
- Leg joint pain
- Hemiplegia/hemiparesis
- Stroke
The following indications may also be associated with the YNSA D zone:
- Cervical spine syndrome
- Neck pain
- Disc prolapse of the cervical spine
- Cervical syndrome
- Cerebellar vertigo
- Shoulder pain
- Shoulder-neck syndrome
- Scar pain
- spinal surgery
- hip joint replacement
- knee surgery
- knee replacement
- foot surgery