Bladder


"The Minister of the Resevior"  As an organ the bladder only functions to store and eliminate unrine released by the kidney.  But, as an energy system it is strongly related to the autonomic nervous system.  Chinese massage therapy focuses primarily on the four bladder channels running parrallel to the spine to relieve stress related tension and pain.

Since this meridian runs over the top of the head and down along the sympathetic nervous system it has a stabilizing effect on the nervous supply to all tissues and organs of the body.  This balances out the parasympathetic activity in the stomach just prior and restores balance between the two.

The associated points along the medial branch of the Bladder meridian are both diagnostic and therapeutic for the corresponding organ systems.  The distal points are indicated for low back pain, sciatica and urogenital disorders.

FOOT MAXIMUM YANG
BLADDER MERIDIAN
POINTS: 67
ABBREVIATIONS: B,BL or UB                    
3 to 5 pm
CHINESE: P'ang Kuang Ching

ALARM CV-3 Location: 5 cun below the umbilicus, 1 cun above the pubic symphysis on the midline of the abdomen.
TONIFICATION    BL-67 Location: On the lateral side of the tip of the small toe, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
SEDATION BL-65 Location: Posterior and inferior to the small head of the 5th metatarsal bone.
ENTRY BL-1 Location: 0.1 cun lateral and superior to the inner canthus, near thc medial orbital border.
SOURCE BL-64 Location: Below the tuberosity of the 5th metatarsal bone, at the junction of the "red and white" skin.
ASSOCIATED BL-28 Location: Level of the 2nd posterior sacral foramen, 5 cun lateral to Du Mai, in the depression between the lower medial  border of the posterior superior iliac spine and the sacrum.
LUO BL-58 Location: 7 cun directly above BL-60, posterior to the external malleolus. (BL-60) Between the posterior border of the external malleolus and the medial aspect of tendo-calcaneous, at the same level as the tip of malleolus.
EXIT BL-67 Location: On the lateral side of the tip of the small toe, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
ACCUMULATION  BL-63 Location: Anterior and inferior to UB-62, in the depression posterior to the tuberosity of the 5th metatarsal bone. (UB-62) directly below the tip of the external malleolus.