Bl-36

Bl-36

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
After 1st monthAcupunctureAfter 5th monthMoxibustion
Channel
Element
English

Hold and Support

Name

承扶

Transliteration

Chengfu

Indications
Bl channel sinews pain lower jiao (third of body) haemorrhoids
Kinesiology
Sciatica buttocks pain
Channel Psychology

Bl: I need approval; I am free to be myself. Control. I’m in charge of my life.

Symptoms

Lumbar pain, pain of the sacrum and coccyx, pain of the buttock, sciatica, painful obstruction and atrophy disorder of the lower limb, difficult defecation, difficult urination, pain of the genitals, seminal emission, cold in the uterus, swelling of the armpit, chronic haemorrhoids, bleeding haemorrhoids

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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.