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Channel: BL, foot greater yáng (tài yáng) bladder channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the sacrum, level with the second sacral foramen, 1.5 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: One cùn and five fēn either side of the spine, below the nineteenth vertebra. The point is found in prostrate posture. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: Posterior branches of the lateral sacral artery and vein. Lateral branches of the posterior rami of the 1st and 2nd sacral nerves.

Action: Regulates the bladder; perfuses the lower burner; disinhibits the lumbus; dispels wind-dampness; supplements the lower origin.

Modern indications: Inhibited urination; enuresis; diarrhea; constipation; painful stiffness of the lumbar vertebrae.

Classical indications: Wind patterns; vacuity taxation; semen in the urine; hard binds, accumulations, and gatherings; genital sores or swelling; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); rough urination with reddish urine; cold and weakness in the knee and lower leg; abdominal fullness; difficult defecation; cold and hypertonicity of the lower leg preventing bending and stretching; scantness of breath; female conglomerations and gatherings; nontransformation of grain and water due to spleen vacuity.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 20‒30 min.

Needle sensation: Distension and numbness, sometimes spreading over the buttocks.

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

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