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POINT: UB-14 (URINARY BLADDER-14)  

English: Jue Yin Shu
Also Known As: Terminal Yin Back Transporting Point
Absolute Yin Hollow
  • Located 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the fourth thoracic vertebra.
    Note: located at the visible highest point of the paraspinal muscles.
  • Puncture obliquely 0.5 to 0.7 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable
  • Oblique insertion towards the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun or
    Transverse insertion 1 to 1.5 cun
  • Caution: perpendicular needling or oblique needling away from the spine carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax
  • Straight insertion, slanted slightly toward the spine, 1 to 1.5 cun
    Sensation: local soreness and distention, sometimes extending between the ribs
  • Caution: Do not needle to deeply in order to avoid puncturing the Lung
  • Transverse insertion, pointed downward along the muscle1 to 2 cun
    Sensation: local distention and soreness
    Locate at the highest visible point of the paraspinal muscles
  • Back Shu Point of the Pericardium
  • Spreads Liver Qi
  • Unbinds the chest
  • Regulates the Heart
  • Regulates and descends Qi
  • Heart pain
  • Oppression of the chest
  • Pain of the chest and diaphragm due to accumulation of Qi
  • Palpitation
  • Agitation and restlessness
  • Agitation and oppression
  • Restless Zang disorder
  • Rheumatic Heart disease
  • Neurasthenia
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Anxiety and palpitations
  • Stifling sensation in the chest
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dyspnea
  • Rebellious Qi
  • Vomiting
  • Toothache
  • Arrhythmia
  • Tachycardia
  • Angina pectoris
  • Coronary Heart disease
  • Hypochondriac and epigastric pain
  • Melancholia
  • Hiccups

UB-15
Xinshu

HT-7
Shenmen
GB-41
Zulinqi

UB-15
Xinshu

SP-6
Sanyinjiao

Regulates the Heart

Heart pain

Rheumatic Heart disease

HT-8
Shaofu
HT-5
Tongli

UB-15
Xinshu

UB-18
Ganshu
UB-23
Shenshu

HT-7
Shenmen
GB-15
Linqi

Tachycardia

Neurasthenia

Chest pain

  • This point is excellent for unbinding the chest by invigorating the Qi.