僕參 (Púcān) — Servant's Respect
Bladder channel · point 61
Traditionally used for
- Mood & calm
- Nerves & recovery
Location
On the lateral side of the foot, posterior and inferior to the lateral malleolus, directly below BL60, at the border between red and white flesh.
Focks' Atlas of Acupuncture places it 1.5 cun below BL60 in a depression on the calcaneus, roughly midway between BL60 and the sole, rather than down at the red and white flesh border.
How to locate: With the patient seated with the foot flat, find BL60 behind the lateral malleolus and move straight down onto the side of the heel bone; the point lies in a slight hollow where the darker skin of the side of the foot meets the paler skin of the sole.
Regional anatomy: Skin and subcutaneous tissue down to the lateral surface of the calcaneus, in the region of the calcaneofibular ligament; the sural nerve runs nearby.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
3D view
3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.
Needling
Cited needling
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Transverse insertionDepth 0.3–0.5 cunskindeeper
Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.
Sources (1)
- Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 320 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
Functions
- Relaxes the sinews and activates the channel
- Clears heat and calms the spirit
Indications
Balance Method partners
Under Dr. Tan's six systems, BL61 at the heel balances these channels at the regions its segment images.
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1. Same Chinese nameSmall Intestine channelWrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Shoulder · Reversed mirrorFront of neck, Nape of neck · Image, head at the hand/footLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Small Intestine channel →
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2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)Lung channelWrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Shoulder · Reversed mirrorFront of neck, Nape of neck · Image, head at the hand/footLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Lung channel →
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3. Interior–exterior pairKidney channelAnkle, Heel · Same segment, opposite sideFront of neck, Nape of neck · Image, head at the hand/footLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Kidney channel →
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4. Chinese clock oppositeLung channelWrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Shoulder · Reversed mirrorFront of neck, Nape of neck · Image, head at the hand/footLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Lung channel →
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5. Chinese clock neighbourSmall Intestine channelWrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Shoulder · Reversed mirrorFront of neck, Nape of neck · Image, head at the hand/footLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Small Intestine channel →
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6. Same channelBladder channelAnkle, Heel · Same segment, opposite sideFront of neck, Nape of neck · Image, head at the hand/footLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Bladder channel →
Combinations Using This Point
Sources
- World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
- Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)
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