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POINT: UB-55 (URINARY BLADDER-55)

NAME: HEYANG

English: Confluence of Yang
Also Known As: Uniting Yang
Harmonious Yang
Yang Union

LOCATION:

  • 2 cun directly below UB-40 Weizhong, between the medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius muscle, on the line joining UB-40 Weizhong and UB-57 Chengshan.
    Note: first locate UB-57 Chengshan, then locate UB-55 Heyang at one fourth the distance between UB-40 Weizhong and UB-57 Chengshan.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.7 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Perpendicular Insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 2 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates the pain
  • Stops uterine bleeding
  • Treats genital pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Low back pain
  • Pain and paralysis of the lower extremities
  • Heaviness and muscular spasms in the knee and calf
  • Heat sensation of the inner thigh
  • Difficulty walking
  • Genital pain
  • Rheumatism
  • Pain in the loins and abdomen
  • Menorrhagia
  • Leukorrhea
  • Pain, Heat and heaviness of the knees
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Cold Shan disorder

COMBINATIONS:

KI-8
Jiaoxin

    

Uterine bleeding due to Deficient Qi

    

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

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