POINT: UB-57 (URINARY BLADDER-57)
| English: | Support the Mountain |
| Also Known As: | Supporting Mountain Mountain Receiving |
- On the posterior midline of the leg, between UB-40 Weizhong and UB-60 Kunlun, in a pointed depression below the gastrocnemius muscle belly when the leg is stretched or the heel in lifted.
- With the patient lying prone, the point can be found by stretching the foot as if standing on tiptoe. This will reveal a triangular shaped hollow in the middle of the calf, midway between the transverse crease at the back of the knee and heel. The point is at the top of this triangle.
- Located directly below the bellies of the gastrocnemius muscle on the line connecting UB-40 Weizhong and the tendo calcaneus, approximately 8 cun below UB-40 Weizhong.
- On the lower leg , in the depression formed below the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle, when the muscle is flexed, approximately 8 cun distal to UB-40 Weizhong, i.e. midway between UB-40 Weizhong and UB-60 Kunlun.
Note: run your finger upwards from the Achilles tendon along the midline until it falls into the depression formed between the two origins of the gastrocnemius muscle bellies, this depression may be easier to palpate if you ask the patient to press the ball of their foot against the resistance of your hand. - When the foot is in full plantar flexion, (as if standing on tiptoe), this point can be found at the apex of the triangular shaped hollow formed in the middle of the calf, midway between UB-40 Weizhong and the level of the lateral malleolus (8 cun below UB-40 Weizhong.
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Straight insertion, 1.2 to 2.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, possibly extending to the back of the knee; when inserting the needle deeply for sciatica, there may be an electric, numb sensation extending to the bottom of the foot.
- Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally or distally 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Ma Dan-yang's Heavenly Star point
- Relaxes the muscle channels
- Relaxes the sinews
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
- Invigorates the Blood
- Clears Heat
- Regulates the Qi in the Yang organs
- Benefits hemorrhoids
- Removes obstructions from the channel
- Benefits the calf and heel
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M-UE-29 |
DU-1 |
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Hemorrhoids |
Chronic hemorrhoids |
The nine types of hemorrhoids (with bleeding) Intestinal Wind (Blood in the stool) |
UB-40 |
KI-3 or KI-4 |
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The five types of hemorrhoids |
Difficult defecation |
Pain in the legs and lumbar region |
| Feebleness of the legs | Contraction of the legs |
Blood in the stool |
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Heat in the sole of the foot with inability to stand for long |
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- This is a major point for muscle cramps.
- It is used as a distal point for lower backache and sciatica.
- It is an empirical point for hemorrhoids.
- this is the main point for all physical trauma.