Where is the location of the seventeen vertebrae

The seventeen vertebrae are located in the depression below the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebrae in the human body, and there will be obvious soreness and swelling and pain when pressed with the fingers. Because the thoracic spine has twelve vertebrae and the lumbar spine has five vertebrae adding up to exactly seventeen vertebrae, the lowermost of these seventeen vertebrae, the lower edge of the spinous process of the fifth lumbar vertebra, is exactly where the seventeen vertebrae acupuncture point is located. If you have dysmenorrhea, you can use your fingers to apply pressure to this point, which can help relieve the painful symptoms of dysmenorrhea after a period of time. If you are in the hospital, you can perform acupuncture in this location to provide better pain relief, and you can apply moxibustion for treatment, mainly for the small abdomen appears cold, fear of cold, etc., generally about 20 minutes of moxibustion can play a good role in relieving symptoms.