Huàtúo Jiājí Jiā (M-BW-35) is located 0.5 to 1 cun lateral to the depressions below the spinous processes of which vertebral regions?

• A. The twelve thoracic and five lumbar vertebrae
• B. The cervical and thoracic vertebrae
• C. Only the lumbar vertebrae
• D. Only the thoracic vertebrae

Answer: (A)

These Huatuo Jiaji points are a set of paraspinal points located 0.5 to 1 cun lateral to the depressions below the spinous processes, mapping to the spinal segments they sit beside. There are 12 thoracic and 5 lumbar vertebrae, so the points cover the thoracic and lumbar regions on both sides. This is why the location described corresponds to the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, not the cervical region and not a combination that includes only lumbar or only thoracic.