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acupointZhibian
International codeBL54
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[Origin]

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")
Buttocks, 3 inches lateral to the median sacral crest, and the 4th posterior sacral foramen (Xialiao (BL34) ) and at the level below the twenty-first vertebra, in the greater sciatic foramen.

[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.

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