Traditionally used for
- Bowel health
- Pain & joints
Location
On the back of the lower leg, in the depression formed below the belly of gastrocnemius when the muscle is contracted, about 8 cun below BL40.
How to locate: Ask the patient to point the toes; an inverted V appears where the two heads of the calf muscle meet, and the point is at its apex.
Needling
Depth:
1.0–2.0 cun
Angle:
Perpendicular
Functions
- Relaxes the sinews and relieves cramp of the calf
- Benefits the anus and treats haemorrhoids
- Activates the channel and relieves lumbar pain
Indications
Cramping of the calf and leghaemorrhoids, anal prolapse and anal painlow back pain and sciaticaconstipationberiberi
Clinical Notes
The classical point for haemorrhoids — an indication with no obvious local logic, which the Bladder channel's divergent pathway to the anus explains.
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