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POINT: UB-57 (URINARY BLADDER-57)

English: Support the Mountain
Also Known As: Supporting Mountain
Mountain Receiving
  • On the posterior midline of the leg, between UB-40 Weizhong and UB-60 Kunlun, in a pointed depression below the gastrocnemius muscle belly when the leg is stretched or the heel in lifted.
  • With the patient lying prone, the point can be found by stretching the foot as if standing on tiptoe. This will reveal a triangular shaped hollow in the middle of the calf, midway between the transverse crease at the back of the knee and heel. The point is at the top of this triangle.
  • Located directly below the bellies of the gastrocnemius muscle on the line connecting UB-40 Weizhong and the tendo calcaneus, approximately 8 cun below UB-40 Weizhong.
  • On the lower leg , in the depression formed below the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle, when the muscle is flexed, approximately 8 cun distal to UB-40 Weizhong, i.e. midway between UB-40 Weizhong and UB-60 Kunlun.
    Note: run your finger upwards from the Achilles tendon along the midline until it falls into the depression formed between the two origins of the gastrocnemius muscle bellies, this depression may be easier to palpate if you ask the patient to press the ball of their foot against the resistance of your hand.
  • When the foot is in full plantar flexion, (as if standing on tiptoe), this point can be found at the apex of the triangular shaped hollow formed in the middle of the calf, midway between UB-40 Weizhong and the level of the lateral malleolus (8 cun below UB-40 Weizhong.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion, 1.2 to 2.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, possibly extending to the back of the knee; when inserting the needle deeply for sciatica, there may be an electric, numb sensation extending to the bottom of the foot.
  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally or distally 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Ma Dan-yang's Heavenly Star point
  • Relaxes the muscle channels
  • Relaxes the sinews
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Clears Heat
  • Regulates the Qi in the Yang organs
  • Benefits hemorrhoids
  • Removes obstructions from the channel
  • Benefits the calf and heel
  • Low back pain
  • Spasm of the gastrocnemius
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Constipation
  • Beriberi
  • Vomiting and diarrhea
  • Twisted muscles of the calf
  • Swollen, painful and bleeding hemorrhoids
  • Cramps
  • Swelling of the knee
  • Edema of the lower limbs
  • Lymphoedema
  • Heel pain
  • Lassitude of the limbs
  • Menstrual pain
  • Indigestion
  • Lockjaw
  • Hernial disorders
  • Urethritis
  • Abdominal pain
  • Difficulty sitting and standing
  • Inability to stand for long
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Heat in the head
  • Lumbago
  • Pain in the back and renal regions
  • Digestive problems
  • Dyspepsia
  • Cholera
  • Cholera with muscle spasms
  • Anorexia
  • Anorexia during dysentery
  • Enterorrhagia
  • Sore throat
  • Pain of the lower back and leg
  • Sciatica
  • Paralysis of the lower limb
  • Prolapsed anus
  • Prolapsed rectum
  • Sore throat
  • Leg Qi
  • Pain of the lumbar spine
  • Feeling of Heat in the Heart
  • Trembling
  • Inability to stay upright
  • Edema of the upper limbs from cardiac origin
  • Accumulation of water due to am attack of Cold
  • Hemafecia
  • Convulsions
  • Body tremors
  • Malarial disorders
  • Lower body erysipelas due to Damp-Heat
  • Abdominal prolapse
  • Shivering
  • Epistaxis
  • Muscle spasms
  • Local paroxysmal spasms
  • Foot Qi
  • Pain in the heel and foot
  • Neuralgia of the thigh
  • Myalgia
  • Internal and external trauma
  • Swelling of the lower limb
  • Adenitis
  • Cold attack with hypersecretion

M-UE-29
Erbai

or

KI-7
Fuliu
LIV-3
Taichong
SP-3
Taibai

M-UE-29
Erbai

DU-1
Changqiang

DU-1
Changqiang

Hemorrhoids

Chronic hemorrhoids

The nine types of hemorrhoids (with bleeding)

Intestinal Wind (Blood in the stool)

UB-40
Weizhong
UB-58
Feiyang
GB-38
Yangfu
KI-7
Fuliu
LIV-3
Taichong
GB-43
Xiaxi
REN-6
Qihai
REN-1
Huiyin
DU-1
Changqiang

KI-3
Taixi

or

KI-4
Dazhong
UB-33
Zhongliao
REN-4
Guanyuan
UB-56
Chengjin
LIV-3
Taichong
KI-3
Taixi
REN-12
Zhongwan

ST-33
Yinshi
GB-30
Huantiao
GB-31
Fengshi
UB-40
Weizhong
UB-60
Kunlun
UB-62
Shenmai

The five types of hemorrhoids

Difficult defecation

Pain in the legs and lumbar region

UB-40
Weizhong
ST-36
Zusanli

SP-5
Shangqiu
UB-56
Chengjin
UB-64
Jinggu

KI-7
Fuliu
LIV-3
Taichong
SP-3
Taibai

Feebleness of the legs

Contraction of the legs

Blood in the stool

UB-56
Chengjin
ST-38
Tiaokou
ST-36
Zusanli

 

 

Heat in the sole of the foot with inability to stand for long

 

 

  • This is a major point for muscle cramps.
  • It is used as a distal point for lower backache and sciatica.
  • It is an empirical point for hemorrhoids.
  • this is the main point for all physical trauma.