Acupuncture Points On The Bladder Meridian

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Acupuncture Points On The Bladder Meridian

Click to view detailed clinical information for any of the points along the bladder meridian. You will find location information, relationships, clinical applications, precautions and more.

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UB Point of the Day
Diaphragm Shu (UB17)ub17
  • Hui-meeting Point of the Blood, useful for all Blood related conditions. Classically combined with UB 19 to create the "Four Flowers" which is used to nourish the Blood, although in clinical practice UB 18 & UB 19 may used equally as often.  These conditions may include coughing or vomiting of blood, blood in the stool.
  • For menstrual problems, from deficiency (scanty, light periods, amenorrhea) or stasis (dark clots, dysmenorrhea).
  • Important point for red, itchy skin disorders, from heat in the Blood: eczema, carbuncles.
  • As the "Diaphgram shu" it harmonizes the chest and descends rebellious qi - problems with diaphragmatic breathing or shortness of breath and other diaphragm related conditions such as belching or hiatal hernia.
  • Chest / cardiac pain, also psychological "heart" related conditions - manic depression.
  • A range of digestive issues, particularly those involving rebellious qi - vomiting, epigastric pain, reflux.
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UB Meridian Student/Usage Information
  • Internal/External Pathways
    Starts from the inner canthus and ascends to the forehead
    Joins the Governing Vessel Meridian at the vertex where a branch goes to the temple
    The straight portion enters and communicates with the brain
    It emerges and bifurcates to descend along the posterior aspect of the neck
    Runs down along the back enters the body cavity at the lumbar region
    Connects with the Kidney and joins the Bladder
    The lumbar branch descends through the gluteal region and ends in the popliteal fossa
    The branch from the neck runs down the back, and reunites in the popliteal fossa
    Descends the leg to the lateral side of the little toe
  • Measurements Needed
    GV 24 -to- ST 8 = 4.5 cun
    Anterior Hair Line -to- Posterior Hair Line = 12 cun
    Mastoid -to- Mastoid = 9 cun
    Posterior Midline (Spine) -to- Scapula = 3 cun
    1st Bladder Meridian Line = 1.5 cun lateral to the spine
    2nd Bladder Meridian Line = 3 cun lateral to the spine
    Gluteal Crease -to- Popliteal Fossa = 14 cun
    Center of the Patellar Crease -to- External Malleolus = 16 cun
  • Precautions - [all]
    UB 1 - No Moxa, Slow Insert, No Manipulation
    UB 2 - No Moxa
    UB 3 - No Moxa
    UB 6 - No Moxa
    UB 8 - No Moxa
    UB 10 - No Moxa
    UB 30 - No Moxa
    UB 31 thru UB 34 - No Needling During Pregnancy
    UB 40 - No Moxa
    UB 67 - (Dr. So) No Moxa During Pregnancy Except to turn Breech
  • Point Relationships
    Governing Vessel Meridian line is important
    KD 3 is opposite UB 60
  • Additional Helpful Information
  • There are no points under T8
  • Before T8 the first Bladder Meridian line points have the second number of the vertebrae they are under (i.e. UB 12 is under T2, etc.)
  • There is an older numbering system for many of the Bladder Meridian points. To get the old numbers from the new system do the following:
    On the 2nd line on the back subtract 5 to get the old number
    On the posterior thigh add 14 to get the old number

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