KI22

Bulang

Star

步廊 (Bùláng) — Corridor Walk

Kidney channel · point 22

Traditionally used for

  • Cough & breathing
  • Digestion
  • Menstrual & women's health
  • Heart & circulation

Cautions & contraindications

  • Shallow needling only

Location

On the chest, in the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

Fig. — KI22 · Chest
The thorax, from in front — Gray's Anatomy plate
The thorax, from in front Gray's Anatomy, 1918

Needling

  • Shallow needling only
Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Oblique or transverse
⚠ Cautions: Pneumothorax risk on deep perpendicular insertion.

Functions

  • Descends rebellious qi and unbinds the chest

Indications

Cough and asthmachest pain and fullnessvomitingpoor appetitemastitis

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