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BL65

Shugu

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束骨 (Shùgǔ) — Bundle Bone

Bladder channel · point 65

Not yet clinically reviewed

Shu-Stream pointWood pointWood point of the Bladder channelSedation (son) point

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Mood & calm
  • Pain & joints
  • Skin

Location

On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression proximal to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the border between red and white flesh.

How to locate: Run a finger along the outer edge of the foot past the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal to the head of the fifth metatarsal near the little toe. The point is in the depression just proximal to the head, at the red and white flesh border.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, back: BL65 · Foot
Fig. — BL65 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: BL65 · Foot

BL65 · Foot · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the foot, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the foot, dorsal · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.3–0.5 cun
    skindeeper

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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 324 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Clears heat and expels wind from the head
  • Calms the spirit
  • Activates the channel and luo vessels and relieves pain

Indications

Headache and stiff neckdizzinessmania and agitationlow back and leg painboils and carbuncles on the back

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, BL65 at the foot balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open BL65

The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.

  • 壬戌 19:00–21:00 Na Jia Fa, 戊-day sequence · Shu-Stream (俞)

    「壬戌膀胱尋束骨」

    Next: Wed 21 Oct, 19:00

  • 申 15:00–17:00 Na Zi Fa, BL channel · reduce (瀉)

    「瀉用申時，束骨，為俞木」

    Next: Thu 15 Oct, 15:00

A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →

Combinations Using This Point

Balance Method for Neck Pain and Stiff Neck

Neck pain balanced from the ankle — the Bladder channel of the neck imaged onto the Small Intestine of the wrist, or onto the ankle by the reversed image.

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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