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POINT: UB-33 (URINARY BLADDER-55)

English: Middle Crevice
Also Known As: Central Crevice
  • Over the third posterior sacral foramen.
  • On the sacrum, medial and inferior to UB-32 Ciliao, just at the third posterior sacral foramen.
  • Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun, or 1.5 to 2 cun through the foramen.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness in the sacral region, sometimes extending to the legs.
    Note: when locating the foramen, the fingers can be used to find the hole into which the needle is inserted. If the foramen cannot be found, withdraw the needle slightly and try a different angle.
  • Located within the eight sacral foramina.
  • Puncture perpendicularly, 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Meeting point of the Gall Bladder channel
  • Regulates the Lower Jiao
  • Facilitates urination and defecation
  • Regulates menstruation
  • Stops leukorrhea
  • Benefits the lumbar region and legs
  • Nourishes the Kidneys
  • Difficult urination and defecation
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea containing undigested food
  • Retention of urine
  • Painful urinary dysfunction
  • Abdominal distention
  • The five taxations
  • The seven injuries
  • The six extremes
  • Sciatica
  • Peritonitis
  • Paralysis of the lower limb
  • Impotence
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Ovarian pain or inflammation
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Difficult urination due to infection
  • Skin irritation in the genital region
  • Uterovaginal inflammation
  • Diarrhea
  • Morbid leukorrhea
  • Prostatitis
  • Leukorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Scanty menstruation
  • Infertility
  • Lumbar pain
  • Pain and Cold of the sacrum and coccyx
  • Cold sensation of the buttocks
  • Wei and Bi syndromes of the lower limbs
  • Lumbosacral joint diseases
  • Inducing labor
  • Orchitis
  • Sequelae of infantile paralysis
  • Lower back and foot numbness
  • Pain and stiffness of the lower back and sacrum
  • Anal fissures
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Uterovaginal prolapse
  • Difficult or delayed labor
  • Dysuria

REN-5
Shimen
UB-57
Chengshan
LIV-3
Taichong
REN-12
Zhongwan
KI-3
Taixi
KI-4
Dazhong
UB-56
Chengjin

UB-39
Weiyang
UB-52
Zhishi

UB-31
Shangliao
UB-32
Ciliao
UB-34
Xialiao
SP-6
Sanyinjiao

REN-4 joined to REN-3
Guanyuan joined to Zhongji

Difficulty defecating

Dribbling urination

Dysmenorrhea

UB-31
Shangliao
UB-32
Ciliao
UB-34
Xialiao
ST-36
Zusanli
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
SP-10
Xuehai
M-CA-18
Zigong
REN-6
Qihai
REN-4
Guanyuan

UB-31
Shangliao
UB-32
Zhongliao
UB-34
Xialiao
DU-1
Changqiang
UB-57
Chengshan

 

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Anal fissures

 

  • UB-31, Shangliao, UB-32 Ciliao, UB-33 Zhongliao and UB-34 Xialiao are considered a group of points known as the Eight Crevices (Eight Seams) Baliao. They share the characteristics of regulating the urinary system, (UB-32 Ciliao and to a lesser extent UB-33 Zhongliao are the strongest), the Intestines (UB-34 Xialiao has the widest effect), gynecological disorders (UB-34 Xialiao has the strongest effect) and moving Qi and Blood in the channels and collaterals of the local area and the lower limbs (UB-32 Ciliao and UB-33 Zhongliao are the strongest).
  • All four of these points tonify the Kidneys.
  • They are specific for genital disorders.
  • They tonify the whole body.
  • These points can induce labor.
  • This point has more of an influence on the Bladder.