Bl-59

Bl-59

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Channel
Bladder BlBladder BlYang Qiao MaiYang Qiao Mai
Element
WaterWater
English

Instep Yang

Name

跗陽

Transliteration

Fuyang

Special Point
Xi-Cleft
Description

Xi-Cleft point of the Yang Qiao Mai vessel

Indications
lumbar regionlegsBl channel and pain
Kinesiology
Lumbar painpain
Channel Psychology

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Symptoms

Lumbar pain with inability to stand for long, inability to stand after sitting, thigh pain, pain with numbness, atrophy disorder of the lower limb, inability to raise the four limbs, heaviness and soreness of the leg and knee, sciatica, ulceration of the leg, redness and swelling of the lateral malleolus, heavy head, chills and fever, pain of the brow, sudden turmoil disorder with cramps, clonic spasm

Balances
Pain and acute conditionsBl59 Fu Yang – To access the movement of yang (xi cleft point)
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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.