Atlas of Acupuncture

4.7 The Bladder Channel System – Foot taiyang(zu tai yang jing luo)

Location

1 cun distal and 1 cun lateral to ➞BL-57or 7 cun proximal to

➞BL-60, at the posterior border of the fibula and at the lower

border of the gastrocnemius muscle.

How to find

First, locate ➞BL-57(in the centre of the calf, between the two

bellies of the gastrocnemius muscle). From ➞BL-57, palpate

1 cun in a distal direction and 1 cun in a lateral direction. There,

locate BL-58on the lower border of the gastrocnemius muscle.

Located on the same level (7 cun superior to the highest promi-

nence of the lateral malleolus) are ➞G.B.-35(at the posterior

border of the fibula), ➞G.B.-36(at the anterior border of the

fibula) and ➞ST-39(1 cun distal to the midpoint of the line con-

necting ➞ST-35and ➞ST-41and 1 fingerbreadth lateral to the

anterior crest of the tibia).

Needling

Vertically or obliquely 1–1.5 cun

Actions/Indications

● Opens the channel and luovessels, alleviates pain

● Expels pathogenic factors from the taiyangchannels (S.I., BL)

● Harmonises above and below

● Treats haemorrhoids

Special features

Luo-connecting point

Soaring Upward FEIYANG BL-58

1 cun

1 cun

Highest

prominence

of the medial

malleolus

BL-40

BL-57

BL-60

8 cun

8 cun

BL-58

BL-57

BL-58

G.B.-35 G.B.-36

Crest of the tibia

ST-38

ST-39 1 cun

G.B.-35

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