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BL-60 Kūnlún Mountains

昆仑 〔昆侖〕 kūn lún

Alternate names: 下昆仑 xià kūn lún, Lower Kunlun Mountains

Channel: BL, foot greater yáng (tài yáng) bladder channel

Modern location: An acupoint located at the ankle joint, midway between the lateral malleolus and the Achilles tendon (t. calcaneus), level with the tip of the malleolus.

Classical location: Below Instep Yáng (BL-59), five fēn behind the outer anklebone, in the depression above the heel bone, where a fine pulsating vessel can be felt. From The Golden Mirror of Medicine (医宗金鑑 yī zōng jīn jiàn)

Local anatomy: The small saphenous vein, the posteroexternal malleolar artery and vein. The sural nerve.

Action: Dispels greater yáng (tài yáng) channel evils; rectifies uterine blood stagnation; soothes the sinews and transforms dampness; strengthens the kidney, lumbus and legs.

Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; dizzy vision; nosebleed; epilepsy; difficult delivery; lumbosacral pain; heel pain.

Classical indications: malarial disease; diseases of the head; aching among the upper teeth; fullness in the chest and fulminant panting; abdominal pain and throughflux diarrhea (dòng xiè); retention of the placenta; hemilateral wind; child fright epilepsy (jīng xián).

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

Point groups: River (jīng) (fire) point; one of Mǎ Dān-Yáng’s twelve heavenly star points.

Point name meaning:

The resemblance of the exterior (lateral) malleolus to a mountain suggested this name for the point to the ancient Chinese. The point itself is located just below the mountain, and possibly for this reason it is also referred to as 下昆仑 (xià kún lún), Lower Kūn Lún Mountains. This name may also be a way of distinguishing this point from Origin Pass (CV-4), which bears the alternate name of Kunlun Mountains. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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