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POINT: UB-11 (URINARY BLADDER-11) 

NAME: DAZHU

English: Great Shuttle
Also Known As: Big Shuttle
Big Reed

LOCATION:

  • 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra.
  • I.5 cun lateral to DU-13 Taodao at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra.
    Note: locate at the visible highest point of the paraspinal muscles.

NEEDLING:

  • Slanted insertion toward the spine 0.7 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention, soreness and numbness sometimes extending between the ribs.
  • Oblique insertion towards the spine 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Transverse-oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Caution: perpendicular needling carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Influential point for bones
  • Meeting point of the Small Intestine channel, the Gall Bladder channel and the DU channel
  • Sea of Blood point

ACTIONS:

  • Nourishes Blood
  • Expels Wind
  • Strengthens bones
  • Benefits the bones and joints
  • Soothes the sinews
  • Releases the Exterior
  • Regulates Lung Qi
  • Alleviates cough

INDICATIONS:

  • Common cold
  • Bronchitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Pleurisy
  • Neck and back pain
  • Tuberculosis of the bones
  • Arthritis
  • Numbness of the limbs
  • Pain and soreness of the scapular region
  • Cough
  • Fever
  • Neck rigidity
  • Atrophy syndrome
  • Joint problems
  • Bi syndrome with join deformity
  • Soreness and pain of the interscapular region
  • Bone diseases
  • Rigidity of the nape of the neck
  • Rigidity of the spine
  • Tetany
  • Clonic spasm
  • Contracture of sinews associated with madness
  • Stiffness and pain of the knee
  • Dyspnea
  • Cough due to taxation
  • Depression in the chest
  • Heat in the chest
  • Throat bi
  • Abdominal pain
  • Abdominal urgency with agitation and fullness
  • Headache with chills
  • Low back pain
  • Throat blockage
  • Fullness of the chest with shortness of breath
  • Tidal fevers
  • Infantile convulsions
  • Pain with inability to bend the knee
  • Stiffness along the spine
  • Headache
  • Malarial disorders
  • High fever and chills with no sweating
  • Dizziness
  • Chest and flank distention
  • Shortness of breath
  • Sore throat
  • Dysphonia
  • Cold shivering
  • Injury by Cold with absence of sweat
  • Injury by Wind which does not disperse
  • Failure of the interstices to close
  • Susceptibility to Wind-Cold
  • Head Wind
  • Bursting headache
  • Inversion Qi with a heavy head
  • Blurred vision
  • Collapse
  • Inability to stand for long
  • Colic
  • Difficulty keeping upright for a long time
  • Nervousness
  • Cramps

COMBINATIONS:

REN-17
Shanzhong
ST-40
Fenglong

UB-13
Feishu
LU-1
Zhongfu
LU-6
Kongzui

GB-20
Fengchi
UB-12
Fengmen
UB-13
Feishu

Asthma

Pneumonia

Common cold

UB-46
Geguan
REN-9
Shuifen

GB-39
Xuanzhong
KI-7
Fuliu
UB-62
Shenmai
ST-45
Lidui
UB-23
Shenshu

LIV-8
Ququan

Acute stiff back

Coldness and pain of the bone marrow

All Wind, painful obstruction, atrophy disorder and inversion diseases

ST-2
Sibai
KI-1
Yongquan

UB-15
Xinshu

 

Headache and visual dizziness

Depression in the chest

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point nourishes Blood.
  • It treats generalized Bi syndrome.
  • When the shoulders cannot carry weight, this is the point to needle.