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Alternate names: 飞阳 fēi yáng, Flying Yang; 厥阳 jué yáng, Reverting Yang; 厥杨 jué yáng, Reverting Poplar

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

Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterolateral aspect of the lower leg, 7 cùn superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the lateral side of the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus).

Classic location: Moving obliquely [i.e.,outward and downward] from Mountain Support (BL-57), in the depression seven cùn above the outer anklebone. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: The lateral sural cutaneous nerve.

Action: Dispels greater yáng (tài yáng) channel evils; disperses wind-damp in the channels and network vessels.

Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; sniveling and nosebleed; lumbar and leg pain; hemorrhoids.

Classic indications: Hemorrhoids; swelling and pain in the lower limbs.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.7‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

Point groups: Network point (luò xué).

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