BL-48, Yáng Gāng, 阳纲, Yang’s’ Key Link
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| Categories |
| Empirical - Yin Jaundice |
| Location |
| 3 cun lateral to the midline, level with the lower border of the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra (T10) and level with BL‑19. When the shoulder is relaxed, the three cun line corresponds to the medial border of the scapula. |
| Needling |
| Type: Oblique Depth: 0.3 to 0.5 cun |
| Description: Deep perpendicular or deep oblique needling in a medial direction carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax. |
| Caution: |
| Notes |
| Energetics 1 |
| Empirical point for Yin jaundice [42] • Clears Gall-Bladder damp-heat: yellow eyes and face, pain of the lateral costal region, dark and hesitant urination, indolence. Treats the Spleen and Stomach: abdominal pain and distention, borborygmus, diarrhea, dysenteric disorder with blood, irregular defecation, difficult ingestion, no desire to eat.[34] |
| Energetics 2 |
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| Energetics 6 |
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