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POINT: UB-10 (URINARY BLADDER-10)  

NAME: TIANZHU

English: Celestial Pillar
Also Known As: Heavenly Pillar
Heaven Pillar
Heavenly Pole

LOCATION:

  • 1.3 cun lateral to the midpoint of the posterior hairline and in the depression on the lateral aspect of the m. trapezius.
  • On the lateral aspect of the trapezius muscle, 1.3 cun lateral to DU-15 Yamen.
  • Note: First locate DU-16 Fengfu directly below the occipital protuberance in a depression between the trapezius muscles. Then locate DU-15 Yamen which is 0.5 cun below DU-16 Fengfu in the depression 0.5 cun within the hairline. Now locate UB-10 Tianzhu, 1.3 cun lateral to DU-15 Yamen.
  • Approximately 1.3 cun lateral to DU-15 Yamen on the back of the neck.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, sometimes extending to the top of the head.
  • Caution: Do not point the needle upward where it might puncture the medulla oblongata.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Window of Heaven point
  • Sea of Qi point

ACTIONS:

  • Expels Wind
  • Pacifies Wind
  • Regulates Qi
  • Benefits the head and sensory orifices
  • Clears the Brain
  • Opens the orifices
  • Soothes the sinews
  • Removes obstruction from the channel
  • Brightens the eyes
  • Invigorates the lower back
  • Calms the Shen
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Occipital headache
  • Vertical headache
  • Stiff neck
  • Wind-Cold headache
  • Occipital headache due to Liver-Wind
  • Stimulates memory and concentration
  • Bilateral acute lower back ache
  • Pharyngitis
  • Fever
  • Epilepsy
  • Glaucoma
  • Head Wind
  • Bursting eye pain
  • Redness of the eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Lachrymation
  • Swelling of the throat with difficulty speaking
  • Nasal congestion
  • Loss of the sense of smell
  • Febrile disease with anhidrosis
  • Seizures
  • Dim vision
  • Ataxia
  • Traumatic neck injuries
  • Lower extremity weakness
  • Weakness of the feet
  • Pain in the shoulder and back
  • Flank pain
  • Vertigo
  • Heaviness and pain of the head
  • Torticollis
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Sore throat
  • Neck rigidity
  • Dizziness
  • Inability of the legs to support the body
  • Sudden muscular contractions
  • Pain of the body
  • Mania
  • Incessant talking
  • Seeing ghosts
  • Childhood epilepsy
  • Upward staring eyes
  • Schizophrenia
  • Hysteria
  • Neurasthenia
  • Asthma
  • Cold predominant Bi
  • Whiplash
  • Dyspnea with chest pain

COMBINATIONS:

DU-13
Taodao
UB-11
Dazhu
LU-6
Kongzui
SI-3
 Houxi

GB-19
Naokong
DU-20
Baihui

DU-23
Shangxing
GB-20
Fengchi

Headache

Head wind

Dizziness

DU-13
Taodao
UB-60
Kunlun

SI-6
Yanglao

UB-65
Shugu

Visual dizziness

Dizziness of vision with bursting eye pain

Blurred vision

Pain of the shoulder as if it were broken

Stiff neck with great aversion to Wind

LIV-2
Xingjian

GB-13
Benshen
DU-21
Qianding
DU-22
Xinhui

M-UE-24
Luozhen

Inability of the legs to support the body

Childhood fright epilepsy

Stiff neck

LI-11
Quchi

 

 

Pharyngitis

Chronic cough

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is an important point to expel both Interior and Exterior Wind from the head,
  • It is a major point for occipital or vertical headache.