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| acupoint | Jinmen |
| alias | Guanliang |
| meridian | foot taiyang bladder meridian |
| international code | BL63 |
bubble_chart Category _en.webp)
On lateral side of foot, directly below anterior edge of outer ankle, in the depression at lower border of cuboid bone. It is located at midpoint of the line connecting Shenmai (BL62) and Jinggu (BL64).
Xi-cleft point. Intersecting point: a branch of yang linking vessel.
bubble_chart Etymology
Hanmen-Yang Xiong Zhuan: "Passing through golden gate, ascending to jade hall." The point is named because there is a bone crossing above it. It is also called "Guanliang" (關梁), which carries a similar meaning.
Jinmen (BL63) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Below outer ankle";
- Waitai Miyao: "1 cun below outer ankle",
- Qijing Bamai Kao as: "1 cun 5 fen";
- Zhenjiu Juying as "1 cun below Shenmai (BL62)";
- Shenying Jing: "Slightly posterior and below outer ankle, behind Qiuxu (GB40) and in front of Shenmai (BL62)".
- Muscles: peroneus longus tendon, abductor digiti minimi.
- Nerve: lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot, and the deep layer is lateral plantar nerve.
- Vessels: lateral plantar artery and vein.
Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.
Soothe sinews, clear mind.
- Classical: headache, head wind, nuchal pain, shoulder pain, ankle pain, multiple arthralgia, muscle cramp, epilepsy, manic and depressive psychosis, vomiting, vertigo, malaria.
- Modern: gastrocnemius spasm.
