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POINT: UB-22 (URINARY BLADDER-22)  

NAME: SANJIAOSHU

English: San Jiao Shu
Also Known As: Triple Burner's Hollow

LOCATION:

  • 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.
    Note: locate at the visible highest point of the paraspinal muscles.
  • 1.5 cun lateral to DU-5 Xuanshu, at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the first lumbar vertebra.

NEEDLING:

  • Oblique or perpendicular-oblique insertion towards the spine, 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Caution: deep perpendicular needling carries the risk of injuring the Kidney.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness as far as the waist.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Back-Shu point of the San Jiao

ACTIONS:

  • Moves and regulates the San Jiao
  • Regulates the Spleen and Stomach
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Regulates the water passages
  • Promotes urination
  • Resolves masses
  • Regulates the transforming function of Qi
  • Regulates the transformation of Fluids in the Lower Jiao.

INDICATIONS:

  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Undigested food in the stool
  • Dysenteric disorder
  • Esophageal constriction
  • Vomiting
  • Difficult ingestion
  • Headache
  • Visual dizziness
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Heat in the body
  • Bitter taste in the mouth with cracked lips
  • Jaundice
  • Urinary retention
  • Indigestion
  • Painful urinary dysfunction
  • Anxiety and palpitations due to Congested Fluids
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Muscle spasms of the back and shoulder
  • Kidney stones
  • Abdominal distention with emaciation
  • Abdominal masses and emaciation in women
  • Zang Fu masses
  • Large and hard hypogastric masses
  • Edema
  • Difficult urination
  • White turbidity
  • Blood in the urine
  • Deficiency-taxation
  • Stiffness and pain of the lumbar spine
  • Inflexibility and stiffness of the shoulder and back
  • Gastritis
  • Enteritis
  • Nephritis
  • Ascites
  • Enuresis
  • Neurasthenia
  • Lower back pain
  • Edema of the legs

COMBINATIONS:

UB-27
Xiaochangshu
UB-34
Xialiao
UB-49
Yishe
LIV-13
Zhangmen

UB-25
Dachangshu
SP-3
Taibai
SP-4
Gongsun

ST-36
Zusanli
UB-25
Dachangshu
SP-6
 Sanyinjiao
REN-10
Xiawan
DU-5
Xuanshu
ST-21
Liangmen

Borborygmus, abdominal distention and watery diarrhea

Borborygmus

Undigested food in the stool

REN-12
Zhongwan

UB-24
Qihaishu
UB-25
Dachangshu
ST-36
Zusanli

 

Hypogastric masses that are hard and big like a plate with epigastric distention and undigested food in the stool

Acute or chronic nephritis

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point regulates the Qi of the Middle and Lower Jiaos.
  • This is one of the most important points for abdominal masses.