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Alternate names: 分间 fēn jiān, Parting Space; 分肉 fēn ròu, Parting of the Flesh; 绝骨 jué gǔ, Severed Bone

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

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 4 cùn superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the anterior edge of the peroneus brevis muscle.

Classic location: Four cùn above the outer ankle, in front of the assisting bone, three fēn from the edge of the bone, seven cùn above Hill Ruins (GB-40). (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: See GB-37.

Action: Harmonizes the lesser yáng (shào yáng); disperses cold and eliminates heat; soothes the liver and resolves depression; quickens the network vessels and relieves pain.

Modern indications: Hemilateral headache; pain in the outer canthus; scrofula; axillary swelling and pain; leg qì (jiǎo qì, beriberi); painful swollen throat; distention and pain in the chest and rib-side: wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs.

Classic indications: leg qì (jiǎo qì, beriberi); hypertonicity of the sinews; throat impediment (hóu bì); hemilateral wind.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.7 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

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

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