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Alternate names: 昌阳 chāng yáng, Glorious Yang; 伏白 fú bái, Deep-Lying White; 伏臼 fú jiù, Deep-Lying Mortar; 复白 fù bái, Returning White; 外命 wài mìng, Outer Life

Channel: KI, Foot Lesser Yīn (shào yīn) Kidney Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the medial aspect of the lower leg, 2 cùn superior to the tip of the medial malleolus, adjacent to the anterior border of the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus).

Classic location: In the depression two cùn above the inner anklebone. (Zhēn Jiǔ Jiǎ Yǐ Jīng)

Local anatomy: At the deep level, anteriorly, the posterior tibial artery and vein. The medial sural and medial crural cutaneous nerves; deeper, the tibial nerve.

Action: Supplements the kidney and boosts yīn; frees the water ways.

Modern indications: Water swelling; abdominal distension; diarrhea; night sweating; febrile disease with absence of sweating; wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs.

Classic indications: The five stranguries; intestinal afflux (cháng pì); rumbling intestines; abdominal pain; lumbar pain; cold in the lower leg; absence of sweating; abdominal distension; swelling of the limbs; bleeding hemorrhoids; heavy feeling in the rectum after diarrhea; pain in the nostrils; dry belching; irascibility and talkativeness; curled tongue preventing speech; pus and blood in the stool; qì stagnation in the lumbus; pain on the dorsum of the foot.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5‒7 cones; pole 5‒8 min.

Needle sensation: Localized numbness and distension sometimes spreading towards the feet.

Point groups: River (jīng) (metal) point.

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