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POINT: UB-54 (URINARY BLADDER-54)

NAME: ZHIBIAN

English: Order's Limit
Also Known As: Order's Frontier
Lowermost Edge
Order's Edge

LOCATION:

  • On the level of the fourth posterior sacral foramen, 3 cun lateral to the median sacral crest.
  • Located 3 cun lateral to the midline of the back level with the hiatus of the sacrum.
  • On the buttock, in the depression 3 cun lateral to the sacro-coccygeal hiatus.
    Note: this point may be located midway between the midline and the lateral edge of the buttock, when the lateral edge is firmly pressed with the palm of the hand.
  • 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the fourth sacral vertebra.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly 1.5 to 2 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Perpendicular insertion 1.5 to 2.5 cun.
  • Slanted insertion towards the anus or genitalia 2 to 3 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Benefits the lumbar region
  • Activates the channel
  • Regulates urination
  • Treats hemorrhoids

INDICATIONS:

  • Lumbosacral pain
  • Muscular atrophy
  • Motor impairment of the lower extremities
  • Dysuria
  • Swelling around the external genitalia
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Constipation
  • Pain and coldness of the lumbar region and sacrum
  • Kidney Deficiency lumbar pain
  • Bi and Wei syndromes of the lower extremities
  • Strained muscles of the buttocks
  • Gluteal, lower back and sacral pain
  • Sciatica
  • Paralysis of the hip extensor muscles
  • Paralysis of the lower extremities
  • Prostatitis
  • Difficult urination
  • Difficult defecation
  • Genital pain
  • Retention of urine
  • Dark urine
  • Seminal emission
  • Diseases of the reproductive organs and anus
  • Turbid leukorrhea

COMBINATIONS:

UB-46
Geguan
UB-64
Jinggu

REN-4
Guanyuan
REN-6
Qihai
UB-48
Yanggang

UB-53
Baohuang

Aversion to Cold in the back

Stiffness of the spine with difficulty bending

Red and hesitant urinary flow

Retention of urine

UB-37
Yinmen
GB-34
Yanglingquan

 

 

Sciatica extending to the legs

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is an important local point for the treatment of lower back pain radiating to the buttocks and legs.
  • This is an indispensable point for the treatment of sciatica.