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(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.