Atlas of Acupuncture

7.12 Lateral Leg

7.12 Lateral Leg

G.B.-27 (wushu) ‘Five Pivots’In the depression medial to the

anterior superior iliac spine, approximately level with Ren-4

G.B.-28 (weidao) ‘Linking Path’Anterior and inferior to the

anterior superior iliac spine, 0.5 cun anterior and inferior to

G.B.-27

G.B.-29 (juliao) ‘Stationary Crevice’At the midpoint of a

line connecting the anterior superior iliac spine and the greater

trochanter, at the anterior border of the iliac crest

G.B.-30 (huantiao) ‘Jumping Circle’With the patient lying

on his/her side, at the junction between the medial two-thirds

and the lateral third on a line connecting the greater trochanter

and the sacral hiatus

BL-36 (chengfu) ‘Hold and Support’In the gluteal crease,

superior to the midpoint of the popliteal crease

BL-37 (yinmen) ‘Gate of Abundance’6 cun distal to BL-36

(gluteal crease), on a line connecting BL-36 and BL-40 (centre

of the popliteal crease), in a gap in the musculature

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G.B.-30

G.B.-31

G.B.-32

G.B.-34

G.B.-36

BL-60

G.B.-29

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G.B.-28

G.B.-27

G.B.-39 BL-59

BL-58

BL-57

G.B.-40

G.B.-42

G.B.-44

BL-37

BL-36

BL-39 BL-40

G.B.-33

cun

Highest

prominence

of the greater

trochanter

6 cun

Popliteal crease

BL-55

BL-56

G.B.-35

G.B.-37

G.B.-38

cun

Highest

prominence

of the lateral

malleolus

G.B.-27 Anterior

superior

iliac spine

G.B.-28

0.5 cun

G.B.-27 Anterior

superior

iliac spine

G.B.-28

0.5 cun

G.B.-29

Greater

trochanter

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2/3
1/3
Sacral
hiatus
G.B.-30
BL-36
BL-37
Semitendinosus
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