Acupuncture Points on the Bladder Channel of Foot Tai Yang
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Shu-Stream & Wood Point
Clears the head and eyesClears heat and dissipates swelling Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Mania, headache, neck rigidity, blurring of vision, backache, pain in the lower extremities.
Where is BL-65 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 324): On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression posterior and inferior to the head of the fifth metatarsal bone.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 190): Posterior to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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