Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

1.5 cun lateral to the posterior midline, on the level of the 3rd

sacral foramen.

How to find

For more detail on orientation in the lumbar and sacral region,

see ➞3.4.3, 3.4.4. First of all find L5. The next palpable struc-

ture in an inferior direction is the most superior sacral spinous

process. Palpate in an inferior direction for two further sacral

processes and locate the 3rd sacral foramen in a depression less

than 1 cun lateral to the 3rd process. BL-29is located on the same

level (3rd sacral foramen) and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.

Also located on this level is ➞BL-33(over the 3rd sacral

foramen).

Needling

Vertically 0.5–1.5 cun

Actions/Indications

● Strengthens the lower back and the Kidneys

● Expels Cold

● Regulates the Lower Burner and stops diarrhoea

Mid Spine Shu ZHONGLÜSHU BL-29

Midline

1.5 cun

Level of the

iliac crests

Spinous process L4

Spinous process L5

Sacral

foramina BL-29

Lumbosacral

junction

Sacrum

PSIS

Tuffier‘s line Iliac crest

L4

L5

Sacrum

Ilium

Iliosacral joints

Sacral foramen 1

2

3

4

BL-31

BL-32

BL-33

BL-34

23

25

4

3

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Ex-B-6

(^523)
4
5
2
36
30
1
Bladder channel,
lateral branch
Bladder channel,
medial branch
Du mai
Ex-B-5
Ex-B-8
Ex-B-5
Ex-B-7
Ex-B-11
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