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Alternate names: 髀枢 bì shū, Thigh Pivot; 髀压 bì yā, Buttock Press; 膑骨 bìn gǔ, Kneecap; 髌骨 bìn bǔ, Kneecap; 分中 fēn zhōng, Divided Center; 环谷 huán gǔ, Round Valley; 髋骨 kuān gǔ, Hip Bone; 枢合中 shū hé zhōng, Pivot Union Center; 枢中 shū zhōng, Pivot Center

Channel: GB, Foot Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Gallbladder Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located in the hollow of the buttocks, one third of the distance from the prominence of the greater trochanter to the sacrococcygeal joint.

Classic location: With the patient lying on his side with his bottom leg stretched out and his top leg bent, the point is found in the hip joint. The left hand shakes the leg as the right hand feels for the point. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: Medially, the inferior gluteal artery and vein. The inferior cluneal cutaneous nerve, the inferior gluteal nerve; deeper, the sciatic nerve.

Action: Disperses wind-damp in the channels and network vessels; disinhibits the lumbus and hip; strengthens the lumbus and legs.

Modern indications: Wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; lumbar pain.

Classic indications: Pain in the lumbus and groin; impediment (bì) pain in the legs and knees; wind stroke hemiplegia; leg qì (jiǎo qì, beriberi); water swelling; wind papules.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 1.5‒3.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 10‒20 cones; pole 20‒50 min.

Needle sensation: Distension and numbness that sometimes spreads down the channel to the foot.

Point groups: One of Mǎ Dān-Yáng's twelve heavenly star points; one of the nine needles for returning yáng; intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the gallbladder and bladder channels.

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