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POINT: UB-63 (URINARY BLADDER-63)  

NAME: JINMEN

English: Golden Gate
Also Known As: Golden Door

LOCATION:

  • On the lateral side of the foot, in the depression posterior to the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone.
    Note: the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone is the most palpable landmark on the lateral side of the foot.
  • Anterior and inferior to UB-62 Shenmai, on the lateral aspect of the cuboid bone.
  • On the lateral side of the foot, directly below the anterior border of the external malleolus, on the border of the cuboid bone.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Xi-Cleft point
  • Meeting point of the Yang Wei channel
  • Beginning point of the Yang Wei channel

ACTIONS:

  • Pacifies Wind
  • Moderates acute conditions
  • Clears Heat
  • Relaxes the sinews
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Epilepsy
  • Childhood fright-Wind
  • Toothache
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Lumbar pain
  • Painful obstruction of the lower limb
  • Childhood convulsions
  • Lower back and leg pain and swelling
  • Pain on the lateral aspect of the foot and ankle
  • Frequent, burning urination
  • Deafness
  • headache
  • Mania
  • Pain of the external malleolus
  • Pain of the bottom of the foot
  • Knee pain
  • Sudden and violent Shan disorder
  • Sudden turmoil disorder with cramps
  • Malaria
  • Shivering with inability to stand for long
  • White tiger joint Wind*
  • Pain of the external malleolus
  • Seizures
  • Frontal headache
  • Abdominal tension and cramps
  • Tinnitus (sounds of water)
  • Fear of drowning
  • Vomiting
  • Backache
  • Motor impairment and pain of the lower extremities

COMBINATIONS:

GB-40
Qiuxu

UB-17
Geshu
UB-45
Yixi
LU-5
Chize

GB-2
Tinghui

Cramping of the sinews

Contraction and Cold of the shoulder and back with pain of the inner aspect of the scapula

Bilateral deafness due to injury by Cold

GB-41
Zulinqi
LI-4
Hegu

 

 

Deafness

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • * White tiger joint Wind is a manifestation of Bi syndrome characterized by great severity of the pain which is likened to the bite of a tiger.