Back Shu Points of Zang Fu

Outer Bladder Line The farest medial border of the scapula spine to the spine (posterior midline) = 3 cun Inner Bladder Line - Upper Back Midway between farest medial border of the scapula to the posterior midline = 1.5 cun Inner Bladder Line - Lower Back Farest medial border of the posterior ilium (vertical ridge to the sacro-illiac joint) = 1.5 cun from the posterior midline Lower border of the spinous process L5 = BL 26 Zang Fu Organ Bladder Channel Points Lung BL 13 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process Th3, often leveled with the spine of the scapula Pericardium BL 14 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process Th4 Heart BL 15 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process Th5 Liver BL 18 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process Th9 Gallbladder BL 19 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process Th10 Spleen BL 20 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process Th11 Stomach BL 21 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process Th12 San Jiao BL 22 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process L1 Kidney BL 23 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process L2 Large Intestine BL 25 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline on lower border of the spinous process L4 Small Intestine BL 27 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline in the ridge of the sacro-illiac joint leveled with 1st sacral foramen Bladder BL 28 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline to the lower border of the ridge of the sacro-illiac joint leveled with 2nd sacral foramen Notes: BL 26 is located 1.5 Cun lateral to the posterior midline level with the lower border of lumbar vertebra L5 BL 27 and 28, located by placing the ring finger on BL 26, the middlefinger on the bony prominence along the ridge should be leveled with BL 27 and index finger on the lower border of the ridge with BL 28. The points are located medially off the medial border of the ilium in the spongy area (c) 2001 d blumberg References: Yu-Lin L, Chun-Yan et al, Seirin-Bildatlas der Akupunktur Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, Köln/Germany, 1999 Focks C, Hillenbrand N, Leitfaden TCM, Schwerpunkt Akupunktur Urban & Fischer, München/Germany, 2000 Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K, A Manual of Acupuncture Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications, 1999

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