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Alternate names: BL-45

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 twelfth thoracic vertebra, 3 cùn lateral to the midline.

Classical location: Three cùn either side of the spine, below the twelfth vertebra. The point is found in straight sitting posture. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: Posterior branches of the subcostal artery and vein. The lateral branch of the posterior ramus of the 11th thoracic nerve.

Action: Harmonizes the stomach and transforms dampness; rectifies qì and disinhibits the center.

Modern indications: Abdominal distension; pain in the stomach duct; food accumulation in infants; water swelling; pain in the spinal column.

Classical indications: Water swelling; infantile food accumulation.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5 cùn downward oblique insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 10‒30 min.

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