connecting point.

[Origin]

Feiyang (BL58), yang qi Feiyang (BL58), refers to the foot taiyang collateral vessel spreading sideways. Also known as "Feiyang" (Lingshu‧Jingmai).

[Location]

Feiyangacupoint cross section
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

Feiyang point
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

Behind the calf, behind the lateral malleolus (Kunlun (BL60)) 7 inches straight up, when Chengshan (BL57) 1-inch depression outside and below.

• Lingshu‧Jingmai: "Seven inches above the ankle";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Seven inches above the outer ankle of the foot".

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: gastrocnemius, soleus.
• Nerve: Lateral sural cutaneous nerve.
• Vessel: posterior tibial artery.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 1 to 2 inches. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 7 weeks, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 10 to 15 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Benefit the waist and legs, relax the muscles and clear the head.

• Classical: dizziness, back pain, hemorrhoids, anal pain, madness, difficulty walking, malaria, multiple arthralgia, soreness in the calves, epistaxis, stuffy nose, trembling.
• Modern: hypertension, trigeminal neuralgia, nephritis, bladder inflammation.

[Recipe]

• Dazzled: Zhizheng (SI7), Feiyang (BL58).
• Crazy tongue sticking out: Taiyi (ST23), Huaroumen (ST24), Feiyang (BL58).
• Hypertension: Fenglong (ST40), Feiyang (BL58).
• bladder inflammation: Zhongji (CV3), Yinlingquan (SP9), Pangguangshu (BL28), Feiyang (BL58).