Rank, order; edge, edge. This point is located at the bottom of the second lateral line of the foot greater yang bladder meridian (BL) on the back, hence the name.

[Location]

Zhibian (BL54) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the center of the 21st vertebra, three inches on each side."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: gluteus maximus, lower edge of piriformis muscle.
• Nerve: The deep layer is the origin of the inferior gluteal nerve and the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, and the lateral side is the sciatic nerve.
• Vessels: inferior gluteal artery and vein.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 1 to 3 inches. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 7 weeks, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Strengthen the waist and legs, and benefit the lower jiao.

• Classical: Lumbago cannot pitch, cannot lift, vaginal pain, difficulty in urination and defecation, red urine, enuresis, hemorrhoids, leg pain, seminal emission, leukorrhea.
• Modern: low back and leg pain, sciatica, lower limb paralysis, pelvic diseases.

[Recipe]

• Low and leg pain: Zhibian (BL54), Yinmen (BL37), Yanglingquan (GB34).