Knowledge baseAcupuncture points
M-BW-33
Tunzhong
Middle of Buttock
- Channel
- Extra points
Location
Found at the apex of an imagined equilateral triangle, the base of which runs from the upper, posterior edge of the femur's greater trochanter to the ischial tuberosity.
Needling
Perpendicular insertion, 2 to 3 cun deep.
Indications
- Sciatica
- Lower-limb paralysis from paraplegia