Shu-stream (wood) point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Shu" (束), tight or constricted; "gu" (骨), bone. The point is located at the constricted area behind the joint (fifth metatarsophalangeal joint), hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Shugu (BL65) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On lateral side of foot, in the depression at the junction of red and white skin, behind the joint of little toe (fifth metatarsophalangeal joint).

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "In the depression behind the joint";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing adds: "On lateral side of little toe";
• Suwen‧Qixue Lun Wang Bing adds: "At the junction of red and white skin";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "2 cun in front of Jinggu (BL64 )".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: above is the abductor digiti minimi muscle.
• Nerve: common plantar digital of fourth toe, lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot.
• Vessel: common plantar digital artery and vein of fourth toe.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 ~ 5 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 10 ~ 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispel wind-heat, fortify neck and back.

• Classical: headache, stiff neck, body heat and pain, waist and knee pain, hip joint pain, heat in sole of foot, epilepsy, diarrhea, dysentery, carbuncle and gangrene on back, boil and sore , deafness, dizziness with red and ulcerated eyes, yellowing of eyes with tearing.
• Modern: Sciatica.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Stiff neck with aversion to wind: Tianzhu (BL10), Shugu (BL65).
• Severe lower back pain as if broken: Chengjin (BL56), Feiyang (BL58), Shugu (BL65).