UB 62 Acupuncture Point - Shen Mai - Bladder Meridian
Submitted by yyh_staff on Tue, 2006-05-23 07:49.
- Chinese Name Shen Mai
- English Name Extending Vessel
- Location: In a depression directly below the external malleolus.
- Point Associations:
- Yang Qiao Master Point (coupled with SI 3 Du Mai Master Point)
- Actions & Effects:
- With SI 3 for low back pain, difficulty walking, spinal problems as well as wind-cold effecting the taiyang channels: stiff neck a/or shoulders, occipital headache, etc.
- Insomnia, nervousness (especially late at night), combine with KD 6
- Bladder Meridian Points (67):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67
Sources and More Information
The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:
- Ferro, Barbara: New England School of Acupuncture, Point Location Lecture Notes
- Harstein, Rachel: New England School of Acupuncture, Actions & Effects Lecture Notes
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