bubble_chart Category Xi-cleft point of yang link vessel.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Yang" (陽) refers to lateral side; "Yangjiao" (交), connect or cross. Foot shaoyang gallbladder meridian connects here to foot taiyang bladder meridian, hence it is also called "Bieyang" (別陽). "Bie" (別) means to separate or depart.
bubble_chart Location
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Yangjiao (GB35) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the lateral aspect of lower leg, 7 cun above the tip of external malleolus, in the depression posterior to fibula.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "7 cun above external malleolus, obliquely connecting to three yang muscles," meaning it is obliquely oriented toward taiyang meridian side.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: attachment of peroneus longus, flexor pollicis longus.
- Nerve: branches of lateral sural cutaneous nerve.
- Vessels: branches of the anterior tibial artery and vein.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Perpendicular insertion 1～1.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 10 to 15 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Fortify legs and feet, calm fright, clear heat.
- Classical: chills and fever, depressive psychosis, spasm and convulsion, fright mania, inability to speak, atrophy and Bi-syndrome of lower limb, inability to lift thigh and lower leg, pharyngitis, chest fullness, swollen face, palpitation and severe palpation, muscle cramp.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Chest fullness: Yangjiao (GB35) full, crying.
- Fright and severe palpitation: Yangjiao (GB35), Jiexi (ST41).
