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POINT: UB-2 (URINARY BLADDER-2)  

English: Gathered Bamboo
Also Known As: Collect Bamboo
Collecting Bamboo
Cuanzhu
Collection of Bamboo
  • On the medial extremity of the eyebrow, or on the supraorbital notch.
  • Superior to the inner canthus, in a depression on the eyebrow, close to the medial end.
  • Note: palpate laterally along the eyebrow from its medial end and feel for the hollow directly above UB-1 Jingming. This point is often found to be tender on palpation.
  • Superior to UB-1 Jingming, on the medial end of the eyebrow.
  • Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
  • For eye diseases, transverse-oblique insertion inferiorly towards UB-1 Jingming, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and pain locally and around the eye.
  • Transverse lateral insertion to join with M-HN-6 Yuyao, for supraorbital pain.
  • Prick to bleed for Heat disorders.
  • Straight insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun. Sensation: local distention.
  • For headache or facial paralysis, insert transversely and joined to M-HN-6 Yuyao, 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: distention and pain locally and around the eye.
  • For supraorbital neuralgia, insert the needle transversely towards the inner canthus, 0.5 cun. Sensation: possibly an electric, numb sensation extending toward the neck.
  • Secondary entry point
  • Expels Wind
  • Clears Heat
  • Clears the head
  • Brightens the eyes
  • Soothes the Liver
  • Removes obstructions from the channel
  • Stops pain
  • Hay fever point
  • Clears the nose
  • Strengthens the back
  • Hay fever
  • Sinus problems
  • Disorders of the eyes
  • Disorders of vision
  • Vertigo
  • Tearing on exposure to Wind
  • Pain and stiffness of the eye
  • Pain in the cheek
  • Delirium
  • Attack of ghosts
  • Twitching of the eyelids
  • Glaucoma
  • Keratoleukoma
  • Head Wind
  • Dizziness
  • Epistaxis
  • Rhinitis
  • Sneezing
  • Incessant sneezing
  • Facial pain
  • Red face with cheek pain
  • Hemorrhoid pain
  • Manic behavior
  • Loss of consciousness
  • One-sided headache
  • Cold and Hot headaches
  • Insanity
  • Hysteria with vision loss
  • Optic nerve atrophy
  • Hyperthyroidism with protruding eyes
  • Inflammation of the back
  • Paralysis of the back
  • Pain in the superciliary ridge
  • Acute conjunctivitis
  • Eye dizziness
  • Eyelids move incessantly preventing sleep
  • White membrane covering the corner of the conjunctiva
  • Insanity
  • Madness
  • Torticollis
  • Cephalic congestion in children
  • Facial paralysis
  • Facial tics
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Floaters
  • Red eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Persistent headaches around or behind the eyes
  • Headache
  • Failing vision
  • Pain of the supraorbital region
  • Blurred vision with dizziness
  • Frontal headache
  • Dimness of vision
  • Visual dizziness
  • Night blindness
  • Redness, swelling and pain of the eye
  • Itching of the eyes
  • Infantile epilepsy with upward staring of the eyes
  • Bursting sensation of the eye
  • Pain and stiffness of the neck
  • Headache following alcohol intoxication
  • Myopia
  • Acute conjunctivitis
  • Infantile convulsions
  • Color blindness
  • Acute lower back injuries with muscular spasm
  • Motor impairment of the back
  • Frontal sinusitis
  • Pain between the eyebrows
  • Pain in the forehead
  • Headache around the eyebrows
  • Eyeball pain
  • Inability to open the eyes wide
  • Patient seems as if possessed by a demon
  • Eyebrow inflammation
  • Cadaveric syncope
  • Cerebral hemorrhage

UB-6
Chengguang
UB-23
Shenshu
SJ-18
Qimai
SJ-23
Sizhukong
SJ-22
Erheliao

ST-8
Touwei

DU-20
Baihui

DU-21
Qianding
DU-24
Shenting
DU-25
Shangxing
SJ-23
Sizhukong
GB-20
Fengchi
LI-4
Hegu
ST-8
Touwei

Wind headache

Headache with eye pain

Pain between the eyebrows

Twitching of the eyelids

Painful eyes

One-sided or generalized head Wind

M-HN-3
Yintang
ST-36
Zusanli

UB-12
Fengmen
DU-24
Shenting
LI-4
Hegu
LI-20
Yingxiang
UB-67
Zhiyin
KI-20
Futonggu

Joined to M-HN-6
Yuyao
GB-20
Fengchi

LI-4
Hegu

Head Wind following intoxication

Rhinitis with clear nasal discharge

Frontal headache

M-HN-9
Taiyang
GB-20
Fengchi
LI-4
Hegu

ST-2
Sibai
REN-24
Chengjiang

M-HN-7
Yuwei
LI-14
Binao

Acute conjunctivitis

Facial muscle spasms

Sore eyes

M-HN-13
Yiming
UB-1
Jingming
ST-36
Zusanli

 

 

Opacity of the vitreous body

 

 

  • According to several classical texts, moxibustion is contraindicated.
  • This is an important local point for the eyes.
  • You can bleed this point for inflamed eyes.
  • This point can be used for cerebral congestion.