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Channel: BL, Foot Greater Yáng (tài yáng) Bladder Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the back, level with the inferior border of the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classic location: One cùn and five fēn either side of the spine, below the tenth vertebra. The point is found in straight sitting posture. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: Medial branches of the posterior branches of the intercostal artery and vein. Medial cutaneous branches of the posterior rami of the 10th and 11th thoracic nerves; deeper, their lateral branches.

Action: Clears gallbladder fire; dispels damp-heat; harmonizes the stomach; loosens the diaphragm; brightens the eyes.

Modern indications: Jaundice; bitter taste in the mouth; rib-side pain; pulmonary consumption (TB); tidal heat effusion.

Classic indications: Dry retching; pain in the throat; inability to get food and drink down; irascibility; headache and shivering; yellowing of the eyes; steaming bone taxation heat effusion; vacuity taxation; semen in the urine; axillary swelling; propping fullness in the chest and rib-side that prevents turning over; shortness of breath.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn downward oblique insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 10‒20 min.

Point groups: Transport point (shù xué) of the gallbladder.

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