Bladder Head 2

Question 1

BL-10 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 1

Tian Zhu - Celestial Pillar

Do not point the needle upward where it might puncture the medulla oblongata

Foot Tai Yang

Question 2

BL-10 - Location

Answer 2

1.3 cun lateral to DU-15, on the lateral side of trapezius

Question 3

BL-10 - Features

Answer 3

Window of Sky Point
Upper Meeting point of Kidney and Bladder Divergent Meridians
Sea of Qi

Other features
Meeting of Kidney and Bladder Seperate Meridians (vB)

Question 4

BL-9 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 4

Yu Zhen - Jade Pillow

None

Foot Tai Yang

Question 5

BL-9 - Location

Answer 5

1.3 cun lateral to DU-17

Question 6

BL-9 - Features

Answer 6

Branch to DU-17 and an internal branch to the brain

Question 7

BL-8 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 7

Luo Que - Declining Connection

Forbidden to Needle and Moxa

Foot Tai Yang

Question 8

BL-8 - Location

Answer 8

8.5 cun superior to the glabella, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.

Question 9

BL-8 - Features

Answer 9

None

Question 10

BL-7 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 10

Tong Tian - Celestial Connection

None

Foot Tai Yang

Question 11

BL-7 - Location

Answer 11

7 cun superior to the glabella, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.

Question 12

BL-7 - Features

Answer 12

Sends a branch to the brain

Sends a branch to GB-8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Question 13

BL-6 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 13

Cheng Guang - Receiving Light Guarding/Carrying Light

None

Foot Tai Yang

Question 14

BL-6 - Location

Answer 14

5.5 cun superior to the glabella, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.

Question 15

BL-6 - Features

Answer 15

None

*Special Point for poor vision

Question 16

BL-5 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 16

Wu Chu - Fifth Place

Forbidden to Moxa

Foot Tai Yang

Question 17

BL-5 - Location

Answer 17

4 cun superior to the glabella, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline. (level with Du-23)

Question 18

BL-5 - Features

Answer 18

None

Question 19

BL-4 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 19

Qu Cha - Crooked Curve

None

Foot Tai Yang

Question 20

BL-4 - Location

Answer 20

3.5 cun above the glabella, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline. (One third the distance from the midline to ST-8) (level with Du-24)

Question 21

BL-4 - Features

Answer 21

None

Question 22

BL-3 - Name in Chinese and English

Caution

Division

Answer 22

Mei Chong - Eyebrows Rushing

None

Foot Tai Yang

Question 23

BL-3 - Location

Answer 23

Directly above BL-2, 3.5 cun above the glabella. (level with Du-24)

Question 24

BL-3 - Features

Answer 24

Sends Qi down

Question 25

BL-2 - Name in Chinese and English Caution Division

Answer 25

Zan Zhu - Bamboo Collected / Gathered Forbidden to Moxa Foot Tai Yang

Question 26

BL-2 - Location

Answer 26

Directly above the inner canthus of the eye, at the medial end of the eyebrow.

Question 27

BL-2 - Features

Answer 27

None

Question 28

BL-1 - Name in Chinese and English Caution Division

Answer 28

Jing Ming - Bright Eyes Can bleed after needling. This can be stopped by applying pressure for a few moments after the needle is withdrawn. When there is bleeding, there may appear a purpling of the skin around the eye. For this reason, a cold compress can be used first, to stop the bleeding, followed by a hot compress. After a week, the purple should disappear. In any event it will not affect the vision. Care should be taken not to insert needle too deeply, to avoid entering cranial cavity. Foot Tai Yang

Question 29

BL-1 - Location

Answer 29

1 fen superior to the inner canthus of the eye.

Question 30

BL-1 - Features

Answer 30

Meeting Point of Tai Yang, Shao Yang and Yang Ming. Receives a Vessel from DU Mai Point of Yin and Yang Qiao Mai Upper meeting point of Spleen and Stomach, Heart and Small Intestine Divergent meridians Fruit of Tai Yang Point of Entry *Meets Heart Seperate Meridian (vB) The Nei Jing says "This is the place where Yin and Yang change in their opposite"