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POINT: UB-60 (URINARY BLADDER-60)

English: Kunlun Mountains
Also Known As: Older Brother
Storehouse
  • In the depression between the tip of the external malleolus and the Achilles tendon.
    Note: locate in the center of the depression.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion, either joined to KI-3 Taixi or inclined slightly toward the lateral malleolus, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness extending toward the little toe.
  • Slanted insertion, needle directed upward or joined to UB-59 Fuyang for treating goiter. Sensation: local distention and soreness, possibly extending to the heel or toe.
  • Perpendicular insertion directed superiorly to join with KI-3 Taixi, 1.5 to 2 cun.
  • Jing- River point
  • Fire point
  • Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star point
  • Disperses Wind
  • Descends Excess
  • Clears the channel
  • Alleviates pain
  • Relaxes the sinews and muscles
  • Benefits the lower back
  • Clears Heat
  • Lowers Yang
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Promotes labor
  • Lymphoedema
  • Swelling of the feet and lower limbs
  • Lymphoma
  • Swelling of the renal region
  • Edema of the legs
  • Cramps in the popliteal crease
  • Headache
  • Epistaxis
  • Severe pain in the ankles
  • Stiffness of the shoulders
  • Stiffness of the spine
  • Pain and swelling of the genital region
  • Redness, pain and swelling in the eye
  • Pain in the epigastric region radiating toward the back
  • Vertigo with pain in the eye
  • Excessive sweating
  • Difficult labor
  • Retention of the placenta or fetus
  • Epilepsy in children
  • Pain in the shoulder, back and arm
  • Swelling and pain of the heel
  • Epilepsy
  • Restricting spasms of the shoulder and back
  • Pain in the shoulder, back, low back and buttocks
  • Pain in the renal region and coccyx
  • Contracture and pain of the lumbar region
  • Diseases of the ankle joint and surrounding soft tissue
  • Tidal fevers
  • Malaria with abundant sweating
  • Intestinal tuberculosis
  • Pain control
  • Cough with dyspnea
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Pain in the hand
  • Spasms of the calf
  • Calf swollen - cannot put feet on the ground
  • Sacral pain and stiffness
  • Lochioschesis
  • Madness
  • Lockjaw
  • Heat in the head
  • Bursting eye pain
  • Pain of the upper teeth
  • Rhinitis
  • Difficult defecation
  • Paralysis of the lower limbs
  • Inability to turn the neck
  • Violent headaches
  • Painful hemorrhoids
  • Constipation
  • Oliguria
  • Rigid spine
  • Lumbago
  • Sciatica
  • Convulsions in children
  • Dyspnea
  • First aid for facial neuralgia
  • First aid for fractures
  • First aid for sprains
  • Bi syndrome of the shoulder, neck and occiput
  • Kidney Yang Deficiency headaches
  • Burning urination
  • Painful periods with dark clotted Blood
  • Blurred vision
  • Headache and stiffness along the cervical vertebrae
  • Eye dizziness
  • Eye dizziness with atrocious pain
  • Vertigo and tinnitus
  • Dizziness
  • Arthritis in the ankle and heel
  • Infantile convulsions
  • Infantile fright
  • Pain like a hatchet blow in the buttock and thigh
  • Beriberi
  • Goiter
  • Hypertension
  • Pain in the knee joint
  • All glandular disorders
  • Pain in the Heart radiating to the back
  • Pain in the interior of the renal region and of the vertebrae
  • Swelling of the limbs
  • Pain in the vagina
  • Sterility in women
  • Pain in the sole of the foot
  • Pain behind the knee
  • Hemiplegia
  • Fullness in the chest
  • Difficulty conceiving
  • Swelling of the genitals
  • Abdominal pain
  • Pain in any region of the head

UB-61
Pushen

GB-39
Xuanzhong
GB-40
Qiuxu

GB-41
Zulinqi

SP-9
Yinlingquan
HT-7
Shenmen

Laryngeal tuberculosis

Ankle pain

Wheezing

SI-3
Houxi

LIV-8
Ququan
UB-58
Feiyang
SI-2
Qiangu
SI-1
Shaoze
HT-5
Tongli

SJ-16
Tianyou
UB-12
Fengmen
SJ-1
Guanchong
REN-4
Guanyuan

Pain of the middle and upper back

Headache and dizziness

Wind dizziness and headache

GB-43
Xiaxi
DU-23
Shangxing
DU-21
Qianding
DU-20
Baihui
SI-5
Yanggu
LI-4
Hegu
SJ-1
Guanchong

UB-57
Chengshan
UB-58
Feiyang
UB-64
Jinggu
SP-1
Yinbai

UB-10
Tianzhu
DU-13
Taodao

Head Wind

Heat in the head and rhinitis with epistaxis

Visual dizziness

Dimness of vision with bursting eye pain

UB-5
Wuchu
DU-12
Shenzhu
UB-40
Weizhong
UB-39
Weiyang

LI-5
Yangxi
LI-8
Xialian
LU-9
Taiyuan

UB-65
Shugu
DU-16
Fengfu

Opisthotonis

Clonic spasm

Epilepsy

Headache

Manic raving

Mania

Incessant talking without rest

DU-20
Baihui
SJ-23
Sizhukong

GB-30
Huantiao
UB-40
Weizhong

ST-33
Yinshi
GB-30
Huantiao
GB-31
Fengshi
UB-40
Weizhong
UB-57
Chengshan
UB-62
Shenmai

Wind epilepsy with upward staring eyes

Lumbar pain radiating up the back

Pain of the legs and lumbar region

UB-62
Shenmai

SI-6
Yanglao
GB-30
Huantiao
GB-34
Yanglingquan

UB-62
Shenmai

KI-3
Taixi

GB-39
Xuanzhong
GB-40
Qiuxu

Pain of the lumbar region and knee

Redness, swelling and pain of the foot

Pain of the ankle and heel

GB-31
Fengshi

LI-15
Jianyu
GB-39
Xuanzhong
KI-3
Taixi

ST-36
Zusanli
LI-11
Quchi

 

Painful obstruction of the calf

Wind Stroke with one-sided withering and incessant pain

 

  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
  • This is an important point to clear Excess Wind, Fire and Yang from the upper part of the body.
  • This is a key point for testing heroine and cocaine addiction, it will be tender.
  • Kunlun is a mountain range near tibet. It is also a name for Mount Everest and a name for Chinese Paradise - the source of enlightenment.
  • This point stimulates the pituitary gland and the testes.
  • When using this point, you are contacting the persons Spirit with the essence and quality of Fire and warming it.
  • This point is better for chronic rather than acute back pain and better for Deficiency than Excess.
  • One source says to use UB-60 Kunlun for the upper back and UB-40 Weizhong for the lower back.