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BL-58 Taking Flight
飞扬 〔飛揚〕 fēi yáng
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).
Classical location: Moving obliquely [i.e.,outward and downward] from Mountain Support (BL-57), in the depression seven cùn above the outer anklebone. From
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;
Classical indications:
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.7‒1.0 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 5‒20 min.
Point groups: Network (luò) point.
Point name meaning:
- 飞 fēi: to fly, hover; swift
- 扬 yáng: to raise (e.g., the head); to throw upward and scatter; to spread
leaps
from the yáng to the yīn side of the leg, taking flight.
After this point is needled patients who were suffering from leg pain can run freely, or take flight.
In the alternate name Flying Yáng, 阳 (yáng), the complement of yīn, is used instead of 扬 (yáng). The use here of the character 阳 is either a mistranscription or a reference to the point’s location on the foot greater yáng (tài yáng) channel. Since the name Jué Yáng 厥阳 dates back as far as the