Acupuncture Points on the Bladder Channel of Foot Tai Yang
- Back Shu of the Heart
Tonifies and nourishes the HeartRegulates Heart Qi Calms the spirit Unbinds the chest and resolves blood stasis Clears Heart fire
Cardiac pain, panic, loss of memory, palpitation, cough, spitting of blood, nocturnal emission, night sweating, mania, epilepsy.
Where is BL-15 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 270): 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra (T5).
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 177): 1.5 cun lateral to Shendao (DU-11), at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra.
Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.7 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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