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BL-65 Bundle Bone
束骨 〔束骨〕 shù gǔ
Channel: BL, foot greater yáng (tài yáng) bladder channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the foot, proximal to the head of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the border of the red and white flesh.
Classical location: On the outer side of the small toe, in the depression behind the base joint. From
Local anatomy: The 4th common plantar digital artery and vein. The 4th common plantar digital nerve and the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of the foot.
Action: Courses wind and dispels evils; clears heat and resolves toxin; soothes the sinews and quickens the network vessels.
Modern indications: Headache; stiff nape; dizzy vision; mania and withdrawal; pain in the lumbus and posterior aspect of the lower limbs.
Classical indications: Heat effusion and aversion to cold; tinnitus; painful red eyes;
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 3‒5 min.
Point groups: Stream (shù) (wood) point.
Point name meaning:
The joint at the base of the small toe was at one time called the 束骨 gù gǔ, meaning bundle bone,
probably because it appears to be the place where the foot bones are bundled together. This point, located just proximal to that joint, derives its name from the location. See