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Bladder 65 is …
On the lateral side of the foot, in the deptressionn proximal to the metatarsal/phalangeal articulation of the fifth toe. The point is close to but underneath the bone.
Perpendicular to the skin, up to half a cun.
Moxibustion, up to five cones.
Remember that although there are often thick layers of skin here, underneath them there are plenty of nerves, so the point can be sore when inserting the needle. Do it swiftly, asking the patient to breathe out vigorously as you insert the needle.
Once inserted, the needle sensation (deqi) is either local or extends towards the tip of the little toe.
Shugu is perhaps more important than we realise.
A patient came with headache and difficulty urinating. She associated her symptoms with the onset of cystitis, which she had had many times. Her Bladder pulse was overflowing and fast. I used Bladder 65 and Large Intstine 11 together and later she told me that she had cancelled the next day’s appointment with her doctor, which she was sure would have resulted in a precription for antibiotics, as in the past.
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