Meridian (fire) point.

bubble_chart Etymology

It originally refers to a hill, but here it describes the high rise of the outer ankle, and the acupuncture point is next to it, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Kunlun (BL60) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu-Benshu: "Behind the lateral malleolus, above the calcaneus."
• Zhenjiu Dacheng: "Five fen behind the lateral malleolus of the foot." .

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: Peroneus brevis. There are annular corpuscles distributed; behind it is the Achilles tendon.
• Nerve: sural nerve.
• Vessels: small saphenous vein and posterior lateral malleolar artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 0.5 to 1 cun opposite the anterior edge of the medial malleolus. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

dispelling wind heat, manage uterus with appendages, relax the waist and legs.

• Classical: headache, dizziness, strong neck and spine, tense shoulders and back, waist pain, swelling and pain in the feet, muscle cramp, heart pain, straw sandal wind, inconvenience in walking, athlete's foot, Hanre, malaria, epilepsy, epilepsy, toothache, chest fullness, cough, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, bubo, edema, pediatric swelling of vulva, pediatric fright epilepsy, difficult delivery, retention of placenta, rubella, Yongju, red eyes, twitching feet.
• Modern: acute lumbar sprain, goiter, sciatica, lower limb paralysis, ankle arthralgia, prolonged labor, retained placenta, malposition of fetus.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Mechi: Taiyuan (LU9), Yangxi (LI5), Kunlun (BL60).
• Ankle and calcaneal pain: Jiegu, Kunlun (BL60), Qiuxu (GB40).
• Pediatric swelling of vulva: Kunlun (BL60), Taixi (KI3), Taichong (LR3).
• Low back pain: Huantiao (GB30), Weizhong (BL40), Kunlun (BL60).
• muscle cramp, dizziness: Chengshan (BL57), Kunlun (BL60).
• Wear straw sandals style: Kunlun (BL60), Qiuxu (GB40), Shangqiu (SP5), Zhaohai (KI6 ).
• bubo, Yongju: Chengjiang (CV24), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Kunlun (BL60).
• Chuanni: Shenmen (HT7), Yinlingquan (SP9), Kunlun (BL60), Zulinqi (GB41).
• Pharyngeal Jiehexue: Kunlun (BL60), Pucan (BL61).
• Foot tetany: Kunlun (BL60), Jiexi (ST41), Zulinqi (GB41), Xiangu (ST43).