Luo point.

bubble_chart Etymology

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

bubble_chart Location

Feiyang (BL58) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

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

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

bubble_chart Anatomy

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

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 1 to 2 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 7 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart 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.

bubble_chart Combinations

• 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).