(左右一百三十四穴)
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睛明(一名泪孔) 在目内 头外一分宛宛中。手足太阳足阳明阴阳跷之会。(针一分半
雀目者。可久留针。然后速出针。禁灸)治目内 痛。攀睛 肉泪出 痒白翳疳眼。
攒竹(一名始光。一名员柱。一名光明) 在眉头陷中。(针三分。禁灸)治泪出目眩。瞳
子痒眼中赤痛脸 动。不得卧。
眉冲 在直眉头上神庭曲差之间。发际微动脉是穴(针三分禁灸○类经无此穴)治头痛鼻
曲差(一名鼻冲) 在神庭旁一寸五分入发际(针二分。灸三壮)治目不明。鼽衄鼻塞。顶痛心烦。
五处 在曲差后五分夹上星旁一寸半。(针三分。灸三壮)治脊强反折。螈 癫疾。目眩
承光 在五处后一寸半。(针三分禁灸)治风眩呕吐。心烦目翳。鼻塞口 。
通天(一名天臼) 在承光后一寸半一曰夹百会旁一寸五分。(针五分。灸三壮)治头眩鼻
衄鼻痔。(左臭灸右。右臭灸左。两鼻臭左右灸之。去一块如朽骨鼻气自愈)。
络却(一名强阳。一名脑盖) 在通天后一寸半。(灸三壮。禁针)治头旋耳鸣。青盲内障
。
玉枕 在络却后一寸半。起肉枕骨上入发际三寸。(针三分灸三壮一曰禁针)治目痛如脱
鼻塞不闻香臭。
(按通天在百会旁百会脑户相去四寸半而甲乙经有玉枕在络却后七分。夹脑户旁一寸三
分之说其数不合○头横骨为枕)。
天柱 在项后发际大筋外廉陷中。(针五分。禁灸)治头眩脑痛。
大杼 在项后第一椎下两旁去脊中二寸气府论注曰。督脉别络手足太阳三脉之会。(针
三分。灸五壮)治伤寒汗不出。背腰脊痛。项强目眩。 疟癫疾。
(按背部第二行诸穴。一本去脊一寸半脊骨左右各得五分则大杼穴起至白环俞皆去脊中
二寸矣。)
风门(一名热府) 在二椎下两旁开脊中二寸。足太阳督脉之会。(针五分。灸五壮)治易
感风寒。咳嗽痰血。多嚏鼽衄。痈疽发背。
肺 在三椎下两旁开脊中二寸又以手搭背。左取右。右取左。当中指末处(针三分。
灸三壮○刺中肺。三日死其动为咳)治内伤外感。咳嗽吐血。肺痈肺痿。背偻如龟。
厥阴 在四椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(针三分。灸三壮○此即心包络俞甲乙无此穴)治咳
逆心痛呕吐烦闷。
心 在五椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(针三分○刺中心一日死其动为噫甲乙经曰禁灸故世
医谓
可针不可灸明堂曰。灸三壮。千金方言风中心急灸心俞百壮服续命汤。又吐逆不得食者灸百
壮当权其缓急可也)治中风偃卧不得。心气闷乱。健忘悲泣。
督 在六椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(灸三壮○类经无此穴)治寒热心痛。
膈 在七椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(针三分。灸三壮。止百壮)此为血之会。治诸血证。
及胸胁心痛。吐食反胃。腹胀 癖。
肝 在九椎下两旁开脊中二寸(针三分。灸七壮○刺中肝五日死其动为穴)治吐血目暗
胁满疝气。
胆 在十椎下两旁。开脊中二寸。(针三分灸三壮止二七壮○刺中胆一日半死其动为
呕)治口苦咽干。酒疸目黄。
脾 在十一椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(针三分。灸三壮○刺中脾十日死其动为吞)治内伤
脾胃吐泻痰疟。积块黄胆。小儿慢风
胃 在十二椎下两旁。开脊中二寸(针三分灸随年壮)治食后头眩黄胆疟痢。
三焦 在十三椎下两旁。开脊中二寸。(针三分。灸五壮)治胸腹胀满。饮食不消。
肾 在十四椎下两旁。开脊中二寸前与脐平。(针三分。灸随年壮○刺中肾六日死其
动为嚏)治虚劳羸瘦。耳聋腰痛。梦遗精滑。脚膝拘急。妇人赤白带下。
气海 在十五椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(针三分灸五壮○甲乙经无此穴)治腰痛痔漏
大肠 在十六椎下两旁。开脊中二寸。(针三分灸三壮)治大小便难。腰痛腹胀。绕脐
切痛。
关元 在十七椎下两旁。开脊中二寸。(针三分灸三壮○类经无此穴)治小便难。妇人
瘕聚。
小肠 在十八椎下两旁。开脊中二寸。(针三分。灸三壮)治淋沥遗尿。五痔便血。
膀胱 在十九椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(针三分。灸七壮)治腰脊腹痛。小便赤遗溺。
中膂 (一名脊内 ) 在二十椎下两旁。开脊中二寸。伸起肉间。(针三分。灸三壮)治
肾虚消渴。腰脊强。
白环 在二十一椎下两旁开脊中二寸。(针五分禁灸)治腰脊痛不得卧。疝痛。大小便
不利。
上 在腰髁下一寸。夹十八椎下脊旁第一空陷中。足太阳少阳之络。(针三分。灸七
壮)治腰痛。次中下 穴同。
次 在十九椎下脊旁第二空陷中。(针三分。灸七壮。)
中 在二十椎下脊旁第三空陷中。(针二分。灸三壮。)
下 在二十一椎下脊旁第四空陷中。(针二分。一云二寸。灸三壮○白环俞与八 穴
。有
以针向外斜入四五寸者。非古法也)素问曰。足厥阴支别者。与太阴少阳结于腰髁下。侠脊
第三第四骨空中其穴即中 下 也。
会阳(一名利机) 在阴尾尻骨两旁去中五分。(针二分灸五壮)治便血久痔。
附分 在第二椎下。附项内廉两旁开脊中三寸半。手足太阳之会(针三分。一曰针八分
灸五壮)治肩背拘急颈痛不得回顾。
(按此自大杼别脉其支者。从肩膊内循行第二椎以下○背部第三行附分穴起至秩边穴皆
去脊三寸。脊骨左右各得五分。则去脊中三寸半矣)
魄户 在三椎下两旁间脊中三寸半。(针五分。灸五壮)治虚劳肺痿。三尸走疰。
膏肓 在四椎下一分。五椎上二分两旁开脊中三寸半。正坐曲脊伸两手以臂着膝前。
令正
直。手大指与膝头齐。以物支肘。无令臂动。乃从胛骨上角。摸至胛角下头。其间当有四肋
三间。根据胛骨之际相去如容侧指许按其中一间空处觉牵引肩中酸疼是穴。(灸百壮止五百壮)
治上气咳逆。痰火噎隔。梦遗。痼冷。虚劳诸病。灸后当气下KT KT 然如水流。若停痰宿疾
。亦必下也。如病患已困。不能正坐。侧卧挽上臂令前。取穴灸之。觉气壅盛。可灸气海足
神堂 在五椎下两旁。开脊中三寸半陷中。(针三分。灸五壮)治脊强不可俯仰。寒热气逆。
噫嘻 在六椎下两旁开脊中三寸半。甲乙经曰。以手重按之。病患呼噫嘻是穴盖因其痛
也(针六分。灸二七壮)治疟疾。胸腹胀。劳损不得卧。
膈关 在七椎下两旁开脊中三寸半陷。中正坐开肩取之。(针五分。灸三壮。)治背痛恶
寒脊强。饮食不下。
魂门 在九椎下两旁开脊中三寸半陷中。(针五分。灸三壮)治尸厥走疰。胸背连心痛。
食不下。腹中雷鸣。
阳纲 在十椎下两旁。开脊中三寸半陷中。(针五分。灸三壮)治肠鸣腹痛。身热小便涩
。
意舍 在十一椎下两旁。开脊中三寸半。(针五分。灸七壮。)治腹胀呕吐消渴目黄。
胃仓 在十二椎下两旁开脊中三寸半。(针五分。灸七壮。)治腹满水肿。食不下。背脊
痛。
肓门 在十三椎下两旁。开脊中三寸半。(针五分。灸三十壮。)治心下痛。大便坚。妇
人乳疾。
志室 在十四椎下两旁开脊中三寸半陷中。(针五分。灸三壮。)治背脊强。小便淋沥失
精。
胞肓 在十九椎下两旁。开脊中三寸半陷中。伏而取之。(针五分。灸五壮。)治腰脊痛
腹坚肠鸣。
秩边 在二十一椎下两旁。开脊中三寸半陷中。伏而取之(针五分灸三壮)治五痔腰痛。
小便赤。
承扶(一名肉 。一名阴关。一名皮部) 在尻臀下阴股上约纹中。(针七分。灸三壮)治
腰脊相引如解。久痔臀肿。
殷门 在承扶直下六寸。 上两筋之间。(针七分)治腰脊不可俯仰。恶血流注。外股肿
。
浮 在殷门外循斜上寸许。当委阳上一寸。屈膝得之。(针五分。灸三壮)治霍乱转筋
。髀枢不仁。
委阳 在承扶下六寸。足太阳别络。(针七分。灸三壮)治飞尸遁疰痿厥。小便淋沥。
(按委阳穴在足太阳之前。少阳之后。出于 中外廉两筋间与殷门穴并。)
委中(一名血 ) 在 中央约纹动脉陷中伏卧取之膀胱脉所入为合。(针五分。禁灸)治
热病汗不出。大风发眉落。腰脊背痛。遗溺。小腹坚风痹髀枢膝痛。
合阳 在膝 约纹下三寸(针六分。灸五壮)治腰脊强。引腹痛。阴股热。 酸肿。寒疝
偏坠。女子崩带。
承筋(一名 肠一名直肠) 在 肠中央陷中。胫后从脚跟上七寸(灸三壮禁针)治 酸
脚跟痛。五痔大便闭。
承山(一名鱼腹一名肉柱一名肠山) 在腿肚下分肉间陷中。(针三分。灸五壮)治霍乱转
筋痔肿便血。
飞扬(一名厥阳) 在足外踝略后。量上七寸陷中。足太阳络别走少阴(针三分灸三壮)治
痔痛脚酸。癫疾寒疟。
跗阳 在足外踝上三寸筋骨之间。太阳前少阳后阳跷脉之 。(针五分灸三壮)治霍乱转
筋。髀枢股 痛。
昆仑 在足外踝后五分。跟骨上陷中。细动脉应手膀胱脉所行为经。(针三分。灸三壮)
治腿足 肿。鼽衄头痛。产难胞衣不下。小儿发痫螈 。
仆参(一名安邪) 在足跟骨下陷中。拱足取之。(针三分。灸七壮)治足跟痛。霍乱转
筋吐逆。尸厥癫痫。身体反折。
中脉(即阳跷) 在足外踝下五分陷中容爪甲许白肉际阳跷脉所生。(针三分灸三壮)治风
眩牙疼昼发之痫 酸腰脚痛。妇人气血痛。
金门(一名梁关) 在足外踝下一寸。足太阳 。阳维别属(针一分。灸三壮)治霍乱转筋
。尸厥癫痫。疝气膝 酸。小儿张口摇头身反。
京骨 在足外侧。小指本节后大骨下。(此骨本名京骨)赤白肉际陷中。膀胱脉所过为原
。虚实皆拔之。(针三分。灸七壮)治腰痛项强。 疟寒热鼽衄目眩内 赤烂。
束骨 在足小指外侧赤白肉际陷中。膀胱脉所注为 。实则泻之。(针三分。灸三壮)
治肠 痔疟目眩惊痫。发背痈□项强不可回顾。
通谷 在足小指外侧本节前陷中。膀胱脉所溜为荣(针二分。灸三壮)治头项痛。目KT KT
鼽衄善惊。留饮胸满。
至阴 在足小指外侧。去爪甲角如韭叶。膀胱脉所出为井。虚则补之。(针二分。灸三
壮)治目生翳。胸胁痛寒疟汗不出。小便不利。
（左右两侧共一百三十四穴）
足太阳膀胱经穴位图 [图片占位]
睛明穴（又名泪孔）：位于目内眦角稍上方，距眼角一分处的凹陷中。是手足太阳经、足阳明经及阴阳跷脉的交会穴。（针刺深度一分半；患有雀盲症者，可长时间留针，然后迅速出针；禁止艾灸。）主治目内眦疼痛、胬肉攀睛、流泪、眼痒、白翳及疳积性眼病。
攒竹穴（又名始光、员柱、光明）：位于眉头凹陷中。（针刺深度三分；禁止艾灸。）主治流泪、目眩、瞳子痒、眼中赤痛、眼睑跳动、失眠。
眉冲穴：位于直对眉头处，神庭穴与曲差穴之间，发际线微动脉搏动处为穴位所在。（针刺深度三分；禁止艾灸。《类经》中无此穴记载。）主治头痛、鼻塞。
曲差穴（又名鼻冲）：位于神庭穴旁开一寸五分，入发际处。（针刺深度二分；艾灸三壮。）主治视物不明、鼻渊流清涕或出血、鼻塞、头顶痛、心烦。
五处穴：位于曲差穴后五分，夹上星穴旁开一寸半处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治脊背强直反折、抽搐、癫痫、目眩。
承光穴：位于五处穴后一寸半处。（针刺深度三分；禁止艾灸。）主治风眩呕吐、心烦、目翳、鼻塞、口臭。
通天穴（又名天臼）：位于承光穴后一寸半处；另一种说法是夹百会穴旁开一寸五分处。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治头晕、鼻衄、鼻痔。（若左鼻孔臭则灸左侧，右鼻孔臭则灸右侧，双侧皆臭则双侧同灸，排出如朽骨般的物质后鼻气自然恢复。）
络却穴（又名强阳、脑盖）：位于通天后一寸半处。（艾灸三壮；禁止针刺。）主治头晕耳鸣、青盲内障。
玉枕穴：位于络却穴后一寸半处，起于枕骨肌肉之上，入发际三寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮；另一种说法是禁止针刺。）主治目痛如脱出感、鼻塞不闻香臭。
（按语：通天穴在百会穴旁，百会与脑户穴相距四寸半，而《甲乙经》记载玉枕穴在络却后七分，夹脑户旁一寸三分，数据不符。○头部的横向骨骼称为枕骨。）
天柱穴：位于项后发际大筋外侧的凹陷中。（针刺深度五分；禁止艾灸。）主治头晕、脑痛。
大杼穴：位于项后第一椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。《气府论》注曰：此处为督脉别络及手足太阳三脉的交会穴。（针刺深度三分；艾灸五壮。）主治伤寒汗不出、背腰脊痛、项强、目眩、疟疾、癫痫。
（按语：背部第二行的诸穴，一本书记载距离脊柱一寸半，脊骨左右各得五分，则从大杼穴至白环俞穴均距离脊柱中线二寸。）
风门穴（又名热府）：位于第二椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。是足太阳经与督脉的交会穴。（针刺深度五分；艾灸五壮。）主治易感风寒、咳嗽痰血、多喷嚏、鼻渊鼻衄、痈疽发背。
肺俞穴：位于第三椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。又可用手搭背，左手取右侧，右手取左侧，当中指末端处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮○若刺中肺脏，三日死，其表现为咳嗽。）主治内伤外感、咳嗽吐血、肺痈肺痿、背驼如龟状。
厥阴俞穴：位于第四椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮○此即心包络俞，《甲乙经》无此穴记载。）主治咳逆、心痛、呕吐、烦闷。
心俞穴：位于第五椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分○若刺中心脏，一日死，其表现为嗳气。《甲乙经》说禁止艾灸，所以世医认为可针不可灸。《明堂经》说艾灸三壮。《千金方》说风中人心急，灸心俞百壮，服用续命汤。又有呕吐不能进食者，灸百壮，应当权衡病情的缓急而定。）主治中风仰卧不起、心气闷乱、健忘悲泣。
督俞穴：位于第六椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（艾灸三壮○《类经》无此穴记载。）主治寒热心痛。
膈俞穴：位于第七椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮，最多止于百壮。）此处为血之会穴。主治各种血证，以及胸胁心痛、吐食反胃、腹胀积聚。
肝俞穴：位于第九椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸七壮○若刺中肝脏，五日死，其表现为呃逆。）主治吐血、目暗、胁满、疝气。
胆俞穴：位于第十椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮，最多止于十四壮○若刺中胆腑，一日半死，其表现为呕吐。）主治口苦咽干、酒疸目黄。
脾俞穴：位于第十一椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮○若刺中脾脏，十日死，其表现为吞酸。）主治内伤脾胃、吐泻、痰疟、积块黄疸、小儿慢惊风。
胃俞穴：位于第十二椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸随患者年龄定壮数。）主治食后头晕、黄疸、疟痢。
三焦俞穴：位于第十三椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸五壮。）主治胸腹胀满、饮食不消。
肾俞穴：位于第十四椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处，前方与脐平齐。（针刺深度三分；艾灸随患者年龄定壮数○若刺中肾脏，六日死，其表现为打喷嚏。）主治虚劳羸瘦、耳聋腰痛、梦遗精滑、脚膝拘急、妇人赤白带下。
气海俞穴：位于第十五椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸五壮○《甲乙经》无此穴记载。）主治腰痛、痔漏。
大肠俞穴：位于第十六椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治大小便困难、腰痛腹胀、绕脐剧痛。
关元俞穴：位于第十七椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮○《类经》无此穴记载。）主治小便困难、妇人瘕聚。
小肠俞穴：位于第十八椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治淋沥遗尿、五痔便血。
膀胱俞穴：位于第十九椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度三分；艾灸七壮。）主治腰脊腹痛、小便赤涩遗溺。
中膂俞穴（一名脊内俞）：位于第二十椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处，伸展时肌肉隆起间。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治肾虚消渴、腰脊强直。
白环俞穴：位于第二十一椎下两旁，距脊柱中线二寸处。（针刺深度五分；禁止艾灸。）主治腰脊痛不得卧、疝痛、大小便不利。
上髎穴：位于腰髁下一寸，夹第十八椎下脊旁第一空陷中。是足太阳经与少阳经的络脉。（针刺深度三分；艾灸七壮。）主治腰痛。次髎、中髎、下髎穴取法相同。
次髎穴：位于第十九椎下脊旁第二空陷中。（针刺深度三分；艾灸七壮。）
中髎穴：位于第二十椎下脊旁第三空陷中。（针刺深度二分；艾灸三壮。）
下髎穴：位于第二十一椎下脊旁第四空陷中。（针刺深度二分；另一说法是二寸；艾灸三壮○白环俞与八髎穴，有向外斜入四五寸者，这不是古法。《素问》说：足厥阴经的支别，与太阴、少阳经结于腰髁下，夹脊第三、第四骨空中，其穴位即中髎、下髎。）
会阳穴（又名利机）：位于尾骨两旁，距中线五分处。（针刺深度二分；艾灸五壮。）主治便血、久痔。
附分穴：位于第二椎下，附着于项部内侧廉，两旁距脊柱中线三寸半处。是手足太阳经的交会穴。（针刺深度三分，一说八分；艾灸五壮。）主治肩背拘急、颈痛不能回顾。
（按语：此处自大杼别出的脉络，其分支从肩膊内循行，经过第二椎以下。○背部第三行的附分穴起至秩边穴，均距离脊柱三寸，脊骨左右各得五分，则距离脊柱中线三寸半了。）
魄户穴：位于第三椎下两旁，间于脊中三寸半处。（针刺深度五分；艾灸五壮。）主治虚劳肺痿、三尸走疰。
膏肓穴：位于第四椎下一分，第五椎上二分，两旁距脊柱中线三寸半处。正坐弯曲脊背，伸直双手以手臂着膝前，令身体正直，手大拇指与膝头齐平，用物体支撑肘部，不让手臂移动，然后从肩胛骨上角，摸至肩胛角下头，其间应有四肋三间，根据肩胛骨之际，相去如容侧指许，按压其中一间空处，感觉牵引肩中酸疼，即为穴位。（艾灸百壮，最多止于五百壮。）主治上气咳逆、痰火噎隔、梦遗、痼冷、虚劳诸病。灸后当觉气下行，汩汩然如水流声，若是停痰宿疾，也必下行。如果病人已困倦，不能正坐，可侧卧挽起上臂令向前，取穴施灸。觉得气壅盛，可加灸气海穴。
神堂穴：位于第五椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半的凹陷中。（针刺深度三分；艾灸五壮。）主治脊背强直不可俯仰、寒热气逆。
噫嘻穴：位于第六椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半处。《甲乙经》说：用手重按，病人呼“噫嘻”声处即为穴位，是因为按压疼痛所致。（针刺深度六分；艾灸十四壮。）主治疟疾、胸腹胀、劳损不得卧。
膈关穴：位于第七椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半的凹陷处，中正坐张开肩膀取穴。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治背痛恶寒、脊强、饮食不下。
魂门穴：位于第九椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半的凹陷中。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治尸厥走疰、胸背连心痛、食不下、腹中雷鸣。
阳纲穴：位于第十椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半的凹陷中。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治肠鸣腹痛、身热、小便涩。
意舍穴：位于第十一椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半处。（针刺深度五分；艾灸七壮。）主治腹胀呕吐、消渴、目黄。
胃仓穴：位于第十二椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半处。（针刺深度五分；艾灸七壮。）主治腹满水肿、食不下、背脊痛。
肓门穴：位于第十三椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半处。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三十壮。）主治心下痛、大便坚、妇人乳疾。
志室穴：位于第十四椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半的凹陷中。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治背脊强、小便淋沥、失精。
胞肓穴：位于第十九椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半的凹陷中，伏卧取穴。（针刺深度五分；艾灸五壮。）主治腰脊痛、腹坚肠鸣。
秩边穴：位于第二十一椎下两旁，距脊柱中线三寸半的凹陷中，伏卧取穴。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治五痔腰痛、小便赤。
承扶穴（一名肉郄，一名阴关，一名皮部）：位于尻臀下阴股上约纹中。（针刺深度七分；艾灸三壮。）主治腰脊相引如解、久痔臀肿。
殷门穴：位于承扶穴直下六寸，腘上两筋之间。（针刺深度七分。）主治腰脊不可俯仰、恶血流注、外股肿。
浮郄穴：位于殷门外侧，循斜上寸许，当委阳上一寸，屈膝得之。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治霍乱转筋、髀枢不仁。
委阳穴：位于承扶下六寸。是足太阳经的别络。（针刺深度七分；艾灸三壮。）主治飞尸遁疰、痿厥、小便淋沥。
（按语：委阳穴在足太阳经之前，少阳经之后，出于腘中外廉两筋间，与殷门穴并列。）
委中穴（一名血郄）：位于腘中央约纹动脉陷中，伏卧取之，为膀胱脉所入为合。（针刺深度五分；禁止艾灸。）主治热病汗不出、大风发眉落、腰脊背痛、遗溺、小腹坚、风痹、髀枢膝痛。
合阳穴：位于膝腘约纹下三寸。（针刺深度六分；艾灸五壮。）主治腰脊强、引腹痛、阴股热、胫酸肿、寒疝偏坠、女子崩带。
承筋穴（一名腨肠，一名直肠）：位于腨肠中央陷中，胫后从脚跟上七寸。（艾灸三壮；禁止针刺。）主治胫酸、脚跟痛、五痔大便闭。
承山穴（一名鱼腹，一名肉柱，一名肠山）：位于腿肚下分肉间陷中。（针刺深度三分；艾灸五壮。）主治霍乱转筋、痔肿便血。
飞扬穴（一名厥阳）：位于足外踝略后，量上七寸陷中。是足太阳经络别走少阴经。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治痔痛脚酸、癫疾寒疟。
跗阳穴：位于足外踝上三寸筋骨之间，太阳经前少阳经后，阳跷脉之所过。（针刺深度五分；艾灸三壮。）主治霍乱转筋、髀枢股痛。
昆仑穴：位于足外踝后五分，跟骨上陷中，细动脉应手，为膀胱脉所行为经。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治腿足肿痛、鼻渊头痛、产难胞衣不下、小儿发痫抽搐。
仆参穴（一名安邪）：位于足跟骨下陷中，拱足取之。（针刺深度三分；艾灸七壮。）主治足跟痛、霍乱转筋吐逆、尸厥癫痫、身体反折。
中脉穴（即阳跷脉）：位于足外踝下五分陷中，容爪甲许白肉际，为阳跷脉所生。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治风眩牙疼、昼发之痫、胫酸腰脚痛、妇人气血痛。
金门穴（一名梁关）：位于足外踝下一寸，足太阳经所过，阳维脉别属。（针刺深度一分；艾灸三壮。）主治霍乱转筋、尸厥癫痫、疝气膝酸、小儿张口摇头身反。
京骨穴：位于足外侧，小指本节后大骨下。（此骨本名京骨），赤白肉际陷中，为膀胱脉所过为原穴。虚实皆可用提插手法。（针刺深度三分；艾灸七壮。）主治腰痛项强、疟疾寒热、鼻渊目眩、目内眦赤烂。
束骨穴：位于足小指外侧赤白肉际陷中，为膀胱脉所注为输穴。实则泻之。（针刺深度三分；艾灸三壮。）主治肠风痔疟、目眩惊痫、发背痈肿、项强不可回顾。
通谷穴：位于足小指外侧本节前陷中，为膀胱脉所溜为荣穴。（针刺深度二分；艾灸三壮。）主治头项痛、目视不明、鼻渊善惊、留饮胸满。
至阴穴：位于足小指外侧，去爪甲角如韭叶宽，为膀胱脉所出为井穴。虚则补之。（针刺深度二分；艾灸三壮。）主治目生翳、胸胁痛、寒疟汗不出、小便不利。
(134 acupoints on both sides)
Figure of Acupoints on the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian [Image Placeholder]
Jingming (BL1, also known as Lei Kong): Located in the depression slightly above the inner canthus, one fen away from the corner of the eye. It is the meeting point of the Hand and Foot Taiyang, Foot-Yangming meridians, and the Yin and Yang Qiao vessels. (Needle depth 1.5 fen; for patients with nyctalopia, needle retention may be prolonged, then remove the needle quickly. Moxibustion is contraindicated.) Indications: Pain at the inner canthus, pterygium, lacrimation, ocular pruritus, leukoma, and phthisis oculi.
Canzhu (BL2, also known as Shi Guang, Yuan Zhu, Guang Ming): Located in the depression at the medial end of the eyebrow. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxibustion is contraindicated.) Indications: Lacrimation, vertigo, pruritus of the pupil, redness and pain in the eyes, eyelid twitching, insomnia.
Meichong (BL3): Located between Shenting (GV24) and Qucha (BL7), directly above the medial end of the eyebrow, at the location of a slight arterial pulsation in the hairline. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxibustion is contraindicated. This point is not listed in *Lei Jing*.) Indications: Headache, nasal congestion.
Qucha (BL6, also known as Bi Chong): Located 1.5 cun lateral to Shenting (GV24), entering the hairline. (Needle depth 2 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Visual impairment, rhinorrhea or epistaxis, nasal congestion, vertex headache, irritability.
Wuchu (BL4): Located 0.5 cun posterior to Qucha (BL6), 1.5 cun lateral to Shangxing (GV23). (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Stiffness and opisthotonos of the spine, convulsions, epilepsy, vertigo.
Chenguang (BL5): Located 1.5 cun posterior to Wuchu (BL4). (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxibustion is contraindicated.) Indications: Wind-induced vertigo and vomiting, irritability, leukoma, nasal congestion, fetid breath.
Tongtian (BL7, also known as Tian Jiu): Located 1.5 cun posterior to Chengguang (BL5); alternatively described as 1.5 cun lateral to Baihui (GV20). (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Vertigo, epistaxis, nasal polyps. (If the left nostril has an odor, moxa the left side; if the right, moxa the right; if both, moxa both sides. After expelling material resembling rotten bone, nasal respiration will naturally recover.)
Luoque (BL8, also known as Qiang Yang, Nao Gai): Located 1.5 cun posterior to Tongtian (BL7). (Moxa 3 moxae. Needling is contraindicated.) Indications: Vertigo, tinnitus, amblyopia, and internal cataracts.
Yuzhen (BL9): Located 1.5 cun posterior to Luoque (BL8), arising from the muscle on the occipital bone, entering the hairline 3 cun. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae; alternatively, needling is contraindicated.) Indications: Ocular pain feeling like protrusion, nasal congestion with loss of smell and taste.
(Note: Tongtian (BL7) is lateral to Baihui (GV20). The distance between Baihui (GV20) and Naohu (GV17) is 4.5 cun. However, *Jia Yi Jing* states that Yuzhen (BL9) is 7 fen posterior to Luoque (BL8) and 1.3 cun lateral to Naohu (GV17), which is inconsistent. ○The transverse bone of the head is called the occipital bone.)
Tianzhu (BL10): Located in the depression lateral to the outer border of the sternocleidomastoid tendon at the nape of the neck, at the hairline. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxibustion is contraindicated.) Indications: Vertigo, cephalgia.
Dazhu (BL11): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the first thoracic vertebra. Note from *Qi Fu Lun*: It is the meeting point of the divergent collateral of the Du vessel and the Hand and Foot Taiyang meridians. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Cold syndrome with absence of sweating, pain in the back, waist, and spine, stiff neck, vertigo, malaria, epilepsy.
(Note: For points in the second row of the back, some texts state they are 1.5 cun from the spine, with 0.5 cun on each side of the vertebral column, meaning points from Dazhu (BL11) to Baihuanxu (BL30) are all 2 cun from the midline of the spine.)
Fengmen (BL12, also known as Re Fu): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the second thoracic vertebra. It is the meeting point of the Foot-Taiyang meridian and the Du vessel. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Susceptibility to wind-cold, cough with blood-tinged sputum, frequent sneezing, rhinorrhea, epistaxis, carbuncles and sores on the back.
Feishu (BL13): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the third thoracic vertebra. Alternatively, place hands on the back, take the right side with the left hand and vice versa, locating it where the middle finger tip falls. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae. ○Puncturing the lung leads to death in three days, manifesting as cough.) Indications: Internal injury and external contraction, cough with hemoptysis, lung abscess, lung flaccidity, kyphosis resembling a tortoise shell.
Jueyinshu (BL14): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the fourth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae. ○This is the Back-Shu point of the Pericardium; it is absent in *Jia Yi Jing*.) Indications: Hiccups, cardiac pain, vomiting, oppression and stuffiness.
Xinshu (BL15): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the fifth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. ○Puncturing the heart leads to death in one day, manifesting as belching. *Jia Yi Jing* states moxibustion is contraindicated, hence physicians believe it can be needled but not moxaed. *Ming Tang Jing* states moxa 3 moxae. *Qian Jin Fang* states that for wind-stroke affecting the heart causing urgency, moxa Xinshu 100 times and administer Xuming Decoction. For vomiting and inability to eat, moxa 100 times, weighing the urgency of the condition.) Indications: Stroke with supine posture unable to rise, oppressive and chaotic heart qi, forgetfulness, weeping and sadness.
Dushu (BL16): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the sixth thoracic vertebra. (Moxa 3 moxae. ○Absent in *Lei Jing*.) Indications: Alternating chills and fever, cardiac pain.
Geshu (BL17): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the seventh thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae, up to 100 moxae.) This is the Hui-Meeting point of Blood. Indications: Various blood disorders, chest and hypochondriac pain, vomiting and regurgitation, abdominal distension, and masses.
Ganshu (BL18): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the ninth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 7 moxae. ○Puncturing the liver leads to death in five days, manifesting as hiccups.) Indications: Hemoptysis, dim vision, hypochondriac fullness, hernia.
Danshu (BL19): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the tenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae, up to 14 moxae. ○Puncturing the gallbladder leads to death in one and a half days, manifesting as vomiting.) Indications: Bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat, jaundice due to alcohol consumption with yellow eyes.
Pishu (BL20): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the eleventh thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae. ○Puncturing the spleen leads to death in ten days, manifesting as acid regurgitation.) Indications: Internal injury to the spleen and stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, phlegm-malaria, accumulations, jaundice, slow wind in children.
Weishu (BL21): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the twelfth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa according to age.) Indications: Vertigo after eating, jaundice, malaria, dysentery.
Sanjiaoshu (BL22): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the thirteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Chest and abdominal distension, indigestion.
Shenshu (BL23): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the fourteenth thoracic vertebra, level with the umbilicus anteriorly. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa according to age. ○Puncturing the kidney leads to death in six days, manifesting as sneezing.) Indications: Consumption and emaciation, deafness, lumbar pain, nocturnal emission and spermatorrhea, stiffness and cramping of feet and knees, leukorrhea in women.
Qihai Shu (BL24): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the fifteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 5 moxae. ○Absent in *Jia Yi Jing*.) Indications: Lumbar pain, hemorrhoids and fistulas.
Dachang Shu (BL25): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the sixteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Difficulty in urination and defecation, lumbar pain, abdominal distension, severe pain around the umbilicus.
Guanyuan Shu (BL26): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the seventeenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae. ○Absent in *Lei Jing*.) Indications: Difficulty in urination, abdominal masses in women.
Xiaochang Shu (BL27): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the eighteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Scanty dribbling urination, enuresis, five types of hemorrhoids with blood in stool.
Pangguang Shu (BL28): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the nineteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 7 moxae.) Indications: Lumbar and spinal abdominal pain, dark scanty urine, urinary incontinence.
Zhonglü Shu (BL29, also known as Ji Nei Shu): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the twentieth thoracic vertebra, in the depression between muscles when extending. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Kidney deficiency with thirst, stiff spine.
Baihuan Shu (BL30): Located bilaterally 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the twenty-first thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxibustion is contraindicated.) Indications: Lumbar and spinal pain preventing lying down, hernia, difficulty in urination and defecation.
Shangliao (BL31): Located 1 cun below the sacral hiatus, in the first intervertebral foramen lateral to the lower border of the eighteenth thoracic vertebra. It is the collateral connecting the Foot-Taiyang and Shaoyang meridians. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 7 moxae.) Indications: Lumbar pain. Ciliao, Zhongliao, and Xialiao are located similarly.
Ciliao (BL32): Located in the second intervertebral foramen lateral to the lower border of the nineteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 7 moxae.)
Zhongliao (BL33): Located in the third intervertebral foramen lateral to the lower border of the twentieth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 2 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.)
Xialiao (BL34): Located in the fourth intervertebral foramen lateral to the lower border of the twenty-first thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 2 fen; another text says 2 cun. Moxa 3 moxae. ○For Baihuan Shu (BL30) and the Eight Liao points, inserting the needle obliquely outward 4-5 cun is not the ancient method. *Su Wen* states: The branch of the Foot-Jueyin meridian connects with the Taiyin and Shaoyang meridians below the sacral hiatus, in the third and fourth intervertebral foramina lateral to the spine; these are the Zhongliao and Xialiao points.)
Huiyang (BL35, also known as Li Ji): Located 0.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides of the coccyx. (Needle depth 2 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Blood in stool, chronic hemorrhoids.
Fufen (BL41): Located below the second thoracic vertebra, attached to the medial border of the scapula, 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine. It is the meeting point of the Hand and Foot Taiyang meridians. (Needle depth 3 fen; another text says 8 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Spasm and stiffness of the shoulder and back, neck pain with inability to turn the head.
(Note: The collateral diverging here originates from Dazhu (BL11). Its branch travels internally from the shoulder blade, passing below the second thoracic vertebra. ○Points in the third row of the back, from Fufen (BL41) to Zhizhong (BL54), are all 3 cun from the spine, with 0.5 cun on each side of the vertebral column, totaling 3.5 cun from the midline.)
Pohu (BL42): Located 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the third thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Deficiency consumptive disease with lung flaccidity, wandering pestilence.
Gaohuang (BL43): Located 1 fen below the fourth thoracic vertebra and 2 fen above the fifth, 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine. Sit upright, bend the back, extend both arms forward resting on the knees, keeping the body straight, aligning the thumb with the knee cap, support the elbow with an object to prevent arm movement. From the upper angle of the scapula, feel down to the lower angle. There should be four ribs and three spaces. Press the empty space between the scapula, approximately the width of a sideways finger. If pressing induces soreness and pain radiating to the shoulder, this is the point. (Moxa 100 moxae, up to 500 moxae.) Indications: Rising Qi with cough and counterflow, phlegm-fire obstruction, nocturnal emission, chronic cold, various deficiency consumptive diseases. After moxibustion, Qi should descend with a gurgling sound like flowing water; even for retained phlegm and old diseases, it must descend. If the patient is too weak to sit upright, lie on the side, pull the upper arm forward, locate the point, and moxa. If Qi feels congested, add moxa to Qihai (CV6).
Shentang (BL44): Located in the depression 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the fifth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Stiff spine unable to flex or extend, alternating chills and fever, counterflow of Qi.
Yixi (BL45): Located 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the sixth thoracic vertebra. *Jia Yi Jing* states: Press heavily with the hand; the point where the patient cries out "Yi Xi" due to pain is the point. (Needle depth 6 fen. Moxa 14 moxae.) Indications: Malaria, chest and abdominal distension, damage from overwork preventing sleep.
Ge Guan (BL46): Located in the depression 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the seventh thoracic vertebra. Sit upright, spread shoulders to locate. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Back pain with aversion to cold, stiff spine, inability to swallow food.
Hun Men (BL47): Located in the depression 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the ninth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Corpse-like fainting, wandering pestilence, chest and back pain connected to the heart, inability to eat, borborygmus.
Yang Gang (BL48): Located in the depression 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the tenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain, fever, scanty urine.
Yi She (BL49): Located 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the eleventh thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 7 moxae.) Indications: Abdominal distension, vomiting, thirst, jaundice.
Wei Cang (BL50): Located 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the twelfth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 7 moxae.) Indications: Abdominal fullness and edema, inability to eat, back and spine pain.
Huang Men (BL51): Located 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the thirteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 30 moxae.) Indications: Epigastric pain, hard stools, breast diseases in women.
Zhi Shi (BL52): Located in the depression 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the fourteenth thoracic vertebra. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Stiff back and spine, scanty dribbling urination, seminal emission.
Baohuang (BL53): Located in the depression 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the nineteenth thoracic vertebra. Locate in prone position. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Lumbar and spinal pain, abdominal hardness and intestinal rumbling.
Zhibian (BL54): Located in the depression 3.5 cun lateral to the midline of the spine, below the twenty-first thoracic vertebra. Locate in prone position. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Five types of hemorrhoids, lumbar pain, dark urine.
Chengfu (BL36, also known as Rou Xi, Yin Guan, Pi Bu): Located in the gluteal fold on the upper thigh. (Needle depth 7 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Pulling sensation in the waist and spine as if untied, chronic hemorrhoids, buttock swelling.
Yinmen (BL37): Located 6 cun vertically below Chengfu (BL36), between two tendons above the popliteal fossa. (Needle depth 7 fen.) Indications: Inability to flex or extend the waist and spine, pathogenic blood flow and injection, swelling of the outer thigh.
Fuxi (BL38): Located approximately 1 cun diagonally upward from the outer side of Yinmen (BL37), 1 cun above Weiyang (BL39), found upon flexing the knee. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Cholera with tendon spasms, insensitivity of the hip joint.
Weiyang (BL39): Located 6 cun below Chengfu (BL36). It is the divergent collateral of the Foot-Taiyang meridian. (Needle depth 7 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Flying corpse and fleeing pestilence, flaccidity and cold limbs, scanty dribbling urination.
(Note: Weiyang (BL39) is anterior to the Foot-Taiyang meridian and posterior to the Shaoyang meridian, emerging between the two tendons in the lateral aspect of the popliteal fossa, alongside Yinmen (BL37).)
Weizhong (BL40, also known as Xue Xi): Located in the depression of the popliteal crease where the artery pulses, found in prone position. It is the He-Sea point where the Bladder meridian enters. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxibustion is contraindicated.) Indications: Heat syndrome with absence of sweating, alopecia of eyebrows due to severe wind, pain in the waist, spine, and back, urinary incontinence, hardness of the lower abdomen, wind-bi, pain in the hip joint and knee.
Heyang (BL57): Located 3 cun below the popliteal crease. (Needle depth 6 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Stiffness of the waist and spine, pulling pain in the abdomen, heat in the medial thigh, calf soreness and swelling, cold hernia with testicular descent, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women.
Chengjin (BL56, also known as Shu Chang, Zhi Chang): Located in the depression in the center of the gastrocnemius muscle, 7 cun above the heel on the posterior aspect of the tibia. (Moxa 3 moxae. Needling is contraindicated.) Indications: Calf soreness, heel pain, five types of hemorrhoids with constipation.
Chengshan (BL57, also known as Yu Fu, Rou Zhu, Chang Shan): Located in the depression between the muscle bellies of the calf. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 5 moxae.) Indications: Cholera with tendon spasms, swollen hemorrhoids with blood in stool.
Feiyang (BL58, also known as Jue Yang): Located slightly posterior to the lateral malleolus, 7 cun above, in the depression. It is the Luo-Connecting point of the Foot-Taiyang meridian, diverging to the Shaoyin. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Hemorrhoidal pain, leg soreness, epilepsy, cold malaria.
Fuyang (BL59): Located 3 cun above the lateral malleolus, between the bone and tendon, anterior to the Taiyang and posterior to the Shaoyang, the pathway of the Yang Qiao vessel. (Needle depth 5 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Cholera with tendon spasms, pain in the hip joint and thigh.
Kunlun (BL60): Located 0.5 cun posterior to the lateral malleolus, in the depression above the calcaneus, where the fine artery is palpable. It is the Jing-River point of the Bladder meridian. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Swelling of the legs and feet, rhinorrhea and headache, difficult labor with retained placenta, infantile epilepsy with convulsions.
Pucan (BL61, also known as An Xie): Located in the depression below the calcaneus, found by arching the foot. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 7 moxae.) Indications: Heel pain, cholera with tendon spasms and vomiting, corpse-like fainting, epilepsy, opisthotonos.
Zhongmai (i.e., Yang Qiao Mai): Located in the depression 0.5 cun below the lateral malleolus, at the junction of white and red skin, where the Yang Qiao vessel originates. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Wind-induced vertigo, toothache, daytime epilepsy, calf soreness, lumbar and foot pain, Qi and Blood pain in women.
Jinmen (BL63, also known as Liang Guan): Located 1 cun below the lateral malleolus, on the Foot-Taiyang meridian, belonging to the Yang Wei vessel as a divergent connection. (Needle depth 1 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Cholera with tendon spasms, corpse-like fainting, epilepsy, hernia, knee soreness, infantile open-mouth shaking and opisthotonos.
Jinggu (BL64): Located on the lateral side of the foot, below the large bone behind the base of the little toe. (This bone is originally named Jinggu), in the depression at the junction of white and red skin. It is the Yuan-Source point of the Bladder meridian. Both excess and deficiency conditions are treated by reducing. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 7 moxae.) Indications: Lumbar pain, stiff neck, malaria with chills and fever, rhinorrhea, vertigo, redness and ulceration of the inner canthus.
Shugu (BL65): Located in the depression at the junction of white and red skin on the lateral side of the little toe. It is the Shu-Stream point of the Bladder meridian. Excess conditions are treated by reducing. (Needle depth 3 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, malaria, vertigo,惊痫, carbuncles on the back, stiff neck with inability to turn the head.
Tonggu (BL66): Located in the depression proximal to the metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe. It is the Ying-Spring point of the Bladder meridian. (Needle depth 2 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Head and neck pain, visual impairment, rhinorrhea, susceptibility to fright, retained fluid with chest fullness.
Zhiyin (BL67): Located on the lateral side of the little toe, 0.1 cun from the corner of the toenail (width of a leek leaf). It is the Jing-Well point of the Bladder meridian. Deficiency conditions are treated by tonifying. (Needle depth 2 fen. Moxa 3 moxae.) Indications: Leukoma, chest and hypochondriac pain, cold malaria with absence of sweating, difficulty in urination.