bubble_chart Etymology Cell, that is, bladder, refers to bladder; bladder means "membrane". The point is next to Pangguangshu (BL28), hence the name.
bubble_chart Location
Buttocks, 3 cun lateral to the middle sacral crest, level with the second posterior sacral foramen (
Ciliao (BL32)) and the 19th vertebra.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the area where there is a three-cun depression on both sides of the 19th vertebrae."
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus.
- Nerve: the gluteal epithelial nerve, and the deep layer is the superior gluteal nerve.
- Vessels: Superior gluteal artery and vein.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion 1 to 3 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 7 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Facilitates urination and defecation.
- Classical: back pain, abdominal distension and fullness, ischuria, bowel sounds, constipation.
- Modern: gluteal epithelial neuralgia, lower limb impediment pain.
bubble_chart Combinations
- ischuria is heavy and cannot urinate: Baohuang (BL53), Zhibian (BL54).
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