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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