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POINT: KI-22 (KIDNEY-22)

NAME: BULANG

English: Walking Corridor
Also Known As: Walking on the Veranda
Stepping Corridor

LOCATION:

  • In the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the midline.
  • 2 cun lateral to REN-16 Zhongting, in the fifth intercostal space.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Caution: Do not needle deeply to avoid injuring the Heart or puncturing the Lung.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Transverse-oblique insertion directed laterally along the intercostal space, 0.5 to ` cun.

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COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Unbinds the chest
  • Descends Rebellious Lung and Stomach Qi

INDICATIONS:

  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Distention and fullness of the chest and hypochondriac region
  • Vomiting
  • Anorexia
  • Wheezing
  • Breast abscess
  • No pleasure in eating
  • Pleurisy
  • Neuralgia
  • Mastitis
  • Gastritis
  • Bronchitis
  • Dyspnea
  • Diminished Qi
  • Nasal congestion

COMBINATIONS:

HT-8
Shaofu
UB-28
Pangguangshu
HT-9
Shaochong
LIV-2
Xingjian
KI-5
Dazhong

    

Diminished Qi

    

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is considered to be a convalescence point.
  • KI-22 Bulang, KI-23 Shenfeng, KI-24 Lingxu, KI-25 Shencang, KI-26 Yuzhong and KI-27 Shufu were listed as the twelve Shu points of the chest and are indicated for wheezing, dyspnea, coughing due to Excess above and Deficiency below.