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Intestine SHUGU BL-65

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Bladder Restraining Bone Kidney Shu-Stream and Wood point of the Pericardium
Bladder channel Sanjiao
LOCATION

Gall Bladder

Liver On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression posterior Conception and inferior to the head of the fifth metatarsal bone. Governing Extra Points

fifth metatarsal bone

Shugu BL-65 is the wood point of the Bladder channel, and according to the mother-child theory is able to reduce excess in the Bladder channel (wood is the child of Bladder water), especially fullness and heat in the head region. The Bladder channel ascends from the inner canthus over the vertex, connects with points of the Governing vessel and Gall Bladder channel on the head, and descends through the occipital region and neck. Shugu BL-65, consequently, is indicated for redness and pain of the eyes and inner canthus, headache (especially in the occipital region) and stiff neck. The heat clearing action of Shugu BL-65 extends to resolving fever, especially due to injury by wind, and to draining heat from the anal region in the treatment of haemorrhoids. Like Weizhong BL-40, Shugu BL-65 is also indicated for carbuncular swellings on the back and for clove sores (small, hard, clove-shaped purulent lesions).
COMBINATIONS

Jinggu BL-64 Shugu BL-65

LOCATION NOTE

Zutonggu BL-66

Run a finger distally along the lateral side of the foot from Jinggu BL-64 until it falls into the depression.
NEEDLING

Stiff neck with great aversion to wind: Shugu BL-65 and Tianzhu BL-10 (One Hundred Symptoms). Redness and erosion of the inner canthus: Shugu BL-65 and Jinggu BL-64 (Supplementing Life). Mania, incessant talking without rest: Shugu BL-65, Kunlun BL-60 and Fengfu DU-16 (Thousand Ducat Formulas). Lumbar pain as if broken: Shugu BL-65, Feiyang BL-58 and Chengjin BL-56 (Thousand Ducat Formulas). Hip pain: Shugu BL-65, Huantiao GB-30, Jiaoxin KID-8, Sanyinjiao SP-6 and Yingu KID-10 (Thousand Ducat Formulas).

Perpendicular insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

ACTIONS

Clears the head and eyes Clears heat and dissipates swelling Activates the channel and alleviates pain
INDICATIONS

Headache, occipital headache, stiff neck, deafness, visual dizziness, redness and pain of the eyes, redness and erosion of the inner canthus, yellow eyes. Chills and fever, aversion to wind and cold, heat in the body, malaria, mania-depression, carbuncular swellings on the back, clove sores on the back, haemorrhoids, diarrhoea. Pain of the lumbar region and back, thigh pain.
COMMENTARY

The Classic of Difficulties74 states in cases of deficiency reinforce the mother, in cases of excess reduce the child.