Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
UB-53
Baohuang
Bladder's Vitals
Autres nomsPlacenta and Vitals
- Méridien
- Vessie
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Localisation
- 013 cun from the midline, level with the spinous process of the second sacral vertebra. Note: with the shoulder relaxed, this 3-cun line aligns with the scapula's medial border.
- 023 cun from the midline, level with the second sacral foramen.
- 031 cun lateral to the median sacral crest, level with the second sacral foramen.
Puncture
- 01Insert perpendicularly, 1–1.5 cun.
- 02Insert straight in, 1–2 cun.
- 03Insert perpendicularly, 0.8–1.2 cun.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Actions
- Benefits the lumbar area
- Activates the channel
- Relieves pain
- Regulates the Lower Jiao
- Benefits urination
- Opens the Lower Jiao's water passages
- Promotes the transformation and excretion of fluids
Indications
- Pain and stiffness in the lumbar region
- Sciatica
- Hardness and fullness in the hypogastrium
- Urinary retention
- Abdominal distention
- Sensitivity to Wind
- Anuria
- Edema
- Inability to urinate
- Inability to defecate
- Borborygmus
- Undigested food appearing in the stool
- Abdominal pain
Notes
- This point is frequently chosen for lumbar stiffness and pain, and for sciatica.
- Palpate this point whenever pain extends into the buttock and down the leg.
- This point governs how Qi spreads through the Lower Jiao.