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This is the Acupoints section of CMD, which presents 400 or so channel and nonchannel points with location, classical location, local anatomy, indications, traditional indications, needling depth, stimulus, and point groups they belong to, and the meanings of their Chinese names. Links to the Dictionary table are provided.

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BL, Foot Greater Y谩ng Bladder (t脿i y谩ng) Channel Points

  • BL-1 鐫涙槑 銆旂潧鏄庛昷墨ng m铆ng, Bright Eyes
    Modern location: On the face, 0.1 c霉n directly above the inner canthus of the eye, in the space between the eyeball and the bones forming the medial orbit.
    Modern indications: Painful red swollen eyes; tearing; unclear vision; night blindness; color blindness.
  • BL-2 鏀掔 銆旀敘绔广晍菐n zh煤, Bamboo Gathering
    Modern location: On the face, in a small depression at the medial end of the eyebrow.
    Modern indications: Headache; deviated eyes and mouth; unclear vision; tearing; painful red swollen eyes; twitching of the eyelids: pain in the supraorbital ridge; drooping eyelids (blepharoptosis).
  • BL-9 鐜夋灂 銆旂帀鏋曘晊霉 zh臎n, Jade Pillow
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the head, in a depression level with the superior border of the external occipital protuberance (eop), 1.3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache and painful nape; eye pain; nasal congestion.
  • BL-10 澶╂煴 銆斿ぉ鏌便晅i膩n zh霉, Celestial Pillar
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the neck, on the lateral side of the trapezius muscle, 0.5 c霉n within the posterior hairline and 1.3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; nasal congestion; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy; shoulder and back pain; febrile disease.
  • BL-11 澶ф澕 銆斿ぇ鏉笺昫脿 zh霉, Great Shuttle
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Cough; heat effusion; headache; stiff nape; shoulder and back pain.
  • BL-12 椋庨棬 銆旈ⅷ闁銆昮膿ng m茅n, Wind Gate
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the second thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Wind damage (common cold); cough; heat effusion; headache; stiff nape; chest and back pain.
  • BL-13 鑲轰繛 銆旇偤淇炪昮猫i sh霉, Lung Transport
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Cough; panting; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); steaming bone tidal heat effusion; night sweating; nasal congestion.
  • BL-15 蹇冧繛 銆斿績淇炪晉墨n sh霉, Heart Transport
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Epilepsy; fright palpitation; cough; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); insomnia; profuse dreaming; forgetfulness; heart vexation; epilepsy.
  • BL-16 鐫ｄ繛 銆旂潱淇炪昫奴 sh霉, Governing Transport
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Heart pain; oppression in the chest; abdominal pain; alternating heat effusion and aversion to cold; panting.
  • BL-17 鑶堜繛 銆旇唸淇炪昰茅 sh霉, Diaphragm Transport
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Vomiting and retching; hiccup; panting; cough; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); tidal heat effusion; night sweating.
  • BL-18 鑲濅繛 銆旇倽淇炪昰膩n sh霉, Liver Transport
    Modern location: On the back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Jaundice; rib-side pain; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed; red eyes; dizzy vision; night blindness; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy; pain in the spinal column.
  • BL-19 鑳嗕繛 銆旇喗淇炪昫菐n sh霉, Gallbladder Transport
    Modern location: On the back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Jaundice; bitter taste in the mouth; rib-side pain; pulmonary consumption (TB); tidal heat effusion.
  • BL-20 鑴句繛 銆旇劸淇炪昿铆 sh霉, Spleen Transport
    Modern location: On the back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; jaundice; vomiting and retching; diarrhea; bloody stool; dysentery; water swelling; back pain; insomnia.
  • BL-21 鑳冧繛 銆旇儍淇炪晈猫i sh霉, Stomach Transport
    Modern location: On the back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Chest and rib-side pain; pain in the stomach duct; abdominal distension; vomiting and retching; rumbling intestines.
  • BL-23 鑲句繛 銆旇厧淇炪晄h猫n sh霉, Kidney Transport
    Modern location: On the lower back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, 1.5 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Enuresis; seminal emission; impotence; menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge; deafness; tinnitus; water swelling; lumbar pain.
  • BL-32 娆￠珟 銆旀楂庛昪矛 li谩o, Second Bone-Hole
    Modern location: On the sacrum, in the second sacral foramen.
    Modern indications: Mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge; menstrual pain; inhibited urination; seminal emission; lumbar pain; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs.
  • BL-38 娴儎 銆旀诞閮勩昮煤 x墨, Superficial Cleft
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the thigh, 1 c霉n superior to the lateral end of the popliteal crease, on the medial side of the biceps femoris tendon.
    Modern indications: Constipation; pain or numbness and tingling in the thigh or the back of the knee (popliteal fossa).
  • BL-39 濮旈槼 銆斿闄姐晈臎i y谩ng, Bend Y谩ng
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the knee, at the lateral end of the popliteal crease, on the medial side of the biceps femoris tendon.
    Modern indications: Abdominal fullness; inhibited urination; pain and stiffness in the lumbar vertebrae; cramps of the leg and foot.
  • BL-40 濮斾腑 銆斿涓晈臎i zh艒ng, Bend Center
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the knee, at the midpoint of the popliteal crease.
    Modern indications: Lumbar pain; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; abdominal pain; vomiting and diarrhea; inhibited urination; enuresis; cinnabar toxin (d膩n d煤).
  • BL-41 闄勫垎 銆旈檮鍒嗐昮霉 f膿n, Attached Branch
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the second thoracic vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Painful stiff neck and nape; pain and tension in the shoulder and back; numbness and tingling of the elbow and arm.
  • BL-42 榄勬埛 銆旈瓌鎴躲昿貌 h霉, Corporeal Soul Door
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Cough; panting; stiff nape; pulmonary consumption (pulsmonary tubercolosis, TB); forgetfulness; seminal emission; nontransformation of grain (undigested food in the stool); pain in the shoulder and back.
  • BL-44 绁炲爞 銆旂鍫傘晄h茅n t谩ng, Spirit Hall
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Panting; cough; oppression in the chest; painful stiffness of the back.
  • BL-45 璀╁樆 銆旇璀嗐晊墨 x菒, Y墨 X菒
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Cough; panting; dysentery; febrile disease; shoulder and back pain.
  • BL-46 鑶堝叧 銆旇唸闂溿昰茅 gu膩n, Diaphragm Pass
    Modern location: On the upper back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Oppression in the chest; vomiting and retching; belching; painful stiffness of the spinal column.
  • BL-49 鎰忚垗 銆旀剰鑸嶃晊矛 sh猫, Ideation Abode
    Modern location: On the back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; rumbling intestines; diarrhea; vomiting and retching.
  • BL-50 鑳冧粨 銆旇儍鍊夈晈猫i c膩ng, Stomach Granary
    Modern location: On the back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Abdominal distension; pain in the stomach duct; food accumulation in infants; water swelling; pain in the spinal column.
  • BL-52 蹇楀 銆斿織瀹ゃ晍h矛 sh矛, Will Chamber
    Modern location: On the lower back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, 3 c霉n lateral to the midline.
    Modern indications: Seminal emission; impotence; inhibited urination; water swelling; painful stiffness of the back.
  • BL-55 鍚堥槼 銆斿悎闄姐昲茅 y谩ng, Y谩ng Union
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the lower leg, 2 c霉n inferior to the center of the popliteal crease, between the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle.
    Modern indications: Back pain; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia) of the lower limbs; flooding and spotting.
  • BL-57 鎵垮北 銆旀壙灞便昪h茅ng sh膩n, Mountain Support
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the lower leg, between the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle at their lower extent.
    Modern indications: Hemorrhoids; leg q矛 (ji菐o q矛, beriberi): constipation; pain and hypertonicity in the lumbus and legs; hemorrhoids; constipation.
  • BL-58 椋炴壃 銆旈鎻氥昮膿i y谩ng, Taking Flight
    Modern location: On the posterolateral aspect of the lower leg, 7 c霉n superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the lateral side of the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus).
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; sniveling and nosebleed; lumbar and leg pain; hemorrhoids.
  • BL-59 璺楅槼 銆旇窏闄姐昮奴 y谩ng, Instep Y谩ng
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 3 c霉n superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, midway between the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus) and the posterior edge of the fibula.
    Modern indications: Headache; lumbosacral pain; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; painful swelling of the external malleolus; paralysis.
  • BL-60 鏄嗕粦 銆旀槅渚栥曗, K奴nl煤n Mountains
    Modern location: At the ankle joint, midway between the lateral malleolus and the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus), level with the tip of the malleolus.
    Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; dizzy vision; nosebleed; epilepsy; difficult delivery; lumbosacral pain; heel pain.
  • BL-62 鐢宠剦 銆旂敵鑴堛晄h膿n m脿i, Extending Vessel
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression immediately inferior to the lateral malleolus.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizziness; epilepsy; mania and withdrawal; aching pain in the lumbus and legs; painful red eyes; pain in the lumbus and leg.
  • BL-63 閲戦棬 銆旈噾闁銆昷墨n m茅n, Metal Gate
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression inferior and slightly posterior to the tuberosity of the cuboid bone.
    Modern indications: Headache; epilepsy; child fright wind; lumbar pain; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) in the lower limbs; pain in the external malleolus.
  • BL-65 鏉熼 銆旀潫楠ㄣ晄h霉 g菙, Bundle Bone
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, proximal to the head of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the border of the red and white flesh.
    Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; dizzy vision; mania and withdrawal; pain in the lumbus and posterior aspect of the lower limbs.