UB 38 UB38 Superficial Cleft Fu Xi 浮郄 urinary bladder 38 Urinary Bladder 38 ub38
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 38 UB38
UB 38 UB38
UB 38 Superficial Cleft - Fu Xi - 浮郄 Location 1 cun above
UB 39 on the medial side of the tendon of biceps femoris (found with knee slightly bent).
Actions Similar functions to the bladder points on the sacrum and leg in that it relieves pain and moves the triple warmer. Pain related issues such as pain and/or numbness in the buttocks, pain along the meridian in the thigh or outer thigh.
Draws heat from the lower warmer - small intestine heat, hard stools from heat in the large intestine.
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
