UB 17 UB17 Diaphragm Shu Ge Shu 膈俞 urinary bladder 17 Urinary Bladder 17 ub17
Back to meridian Jump to point Jump to point… UB 1 — Bright Eyes UB 2 — Bamboo Gathering UB 3 — Eyebrow Ascension UB 4 — Deviating Turn UB 5 — Fifth Place UB 6 — Light Guard UB 7 — Celestial Connection UB 8 — Declining Connection UB 9 — Jade Pillow UB 10 — Celestial Pillar UB 11 — Great Shuttle UB 12 — Wind Gate UB 13 — Lung Shu UB 14 — Jue Yin Shu (Pericardium Shu) UB 15 — Heart Shu UB 16 — Governing Shu UB 17 — Diaphragm Shu UB 18 — Liver Shu UB 19 — Gallbladder Shu UB 20 — Spleen Shu UB 21 — Stomach Shu UB 22 — Triple Burner Shu UB 23 — Kidney Shu UB 24 — Sea of Qi Shu UB 25 — Large Intestine Shu UB 26 — Origin Pass Shu UB 27 — Small Intestine Shu UB 28 — Bladder Shu UB 29 — Central Backbone Shu UB 30 — White Ring Shu UB 31 — Upper Bone Hole UB 32 — Second Bone Hole UB 33 — Central Bone Hole UB 34 — Lower Bone Hole UB 35 — Meeting of Yang UB 36 — Support UB 37 — Gate of Abundance UB 38 — Superficial Cleft UB 39 — Bend Yang UB 40 — Bend Middle UB 41 — Attached Branch UB 42 — Po Door UB 43 — Above The Diaphragm Shu UB 44 — Spirit Hall UB 45 — Yi Xi UB 46 — Diaphragm Pass UB 47 — Hun Gate UB 48 — Yang Headrope UB 49 — Reflection Abode UB 50 — Stomach Granary UB 51 — Huang Gate UB 52 — Will Chamber UB 53 — Bladder Huang UB 54 — Sequential Limit UB 55 — Yang Union UB 56 — Sinew Support UB 57 — Mountain Support UB 58 — Taking Flight UB 59 — Instep Yang UB 60 — Kunlun Mountains UB 61 — Subservient Visitor UB 62 — Extending Vessel UB 63 — Metal Gate UB 64 — Capital Bone UB 65 — Bundle Bone UB 66 — Valley Passage UB 67 — Reaching Yin
UB 17 UB17
UB 17 UB17
UB 17 Diaphragm Shu - Ge Shu - 膈俞 Location 1.5 cun lateral to
GV 9 , level with T7.
Actions 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.
Back to meridian Jump to point Jump to point… UB 1 — Bright Eyes UB 2 — Bamboo Gathering UB 3 — Eyebrow Ascension UB 4 — Deviating Turn UB 5 — Fifth Place UB 6 — Light Guard UB 7 — Celestial Connection UB 8 — Declining Connection UB 9 — Jade Pillow UB 10 — Celestial Pillar UB 11 — Great Shuttle UB 12 — Wind Gate UB 13 — Lung Shu UB 14 — Jue Yin Shu (Pericardium Shu) UB 15 — Heart Shu UB 16 — Governing Shu UB 17 — Diaphragm Shu UB 18 — Liver Shu UB 19 — Gallbladder Shu UB 20 — Spleen Shu UB 21 — Stomach Shu UB 22 — Triple Burner Shu UB 23 — Kidney Shu UB 24 — Sea of Qi Shu UB 25 — Large Intestine Shu UB 26 — Origin Pass Shu UB 27 — Small Intestine Shu UB 28 — Bladder Shu UB 29 — Central Backbone Shu UB 30 — White Ring Shu UB 31 — Upper Bone Hole UB 32 — Second Bone Hole UB 33 — Central Bone Hole UB 34 — Lower Bone Hole UB 35 — Meeting of Yang UB 36 — Support UB 37 — Gate of Abundance UB 38 — Superficial Cleft UB 39 — Bend Yang UB 40 — Bend Middle UB 41 — Attached Branch UB 42 — Po Door UB 43 — Above The Diaphragm Shu UB 44 — Spirit Hall UB 45 — Yi Xi UB 46 — Diaphragm Pass UB 47 — Hun Gate UB 48 — Yang Headrope UB 49 — Reflection Abode UB 50 — Stomach Granary UB 51 — Huang Gate UB 52 — Will Chamber UB 53 — Bladder Huang UB 54 — Sequential Limit UB 55 — Yang Union UB 56 — Sinew Support UB 57 — Mountain Support UB 58 — Taking Flight UB 59 — Instep Yang UB 60 — Kunlun Mountains UB 61 — Subservient Visitor UB 62 — Extending Vessel UB 63 — Metal Gate UB 64 — Capital Bone UB 65 — Bundle Bone UB 66 — Valley Passage UB 67 — Reaching Yin
