Bladder Meridian

Question 0

Channel Section, Section Pair and Section Location

Answer 0

Bladder: Jiǎo Tài Yáng (foot/leg great Yáng)
Small Intestine: Shǒu Tài Yáng (hand/arm great Yáng)
Location: Most Superficial; Lateral/Posterior

Question 1

Bladder in Chinese

Answer 1

Páng Guāng

Question 2

BL 40 (54)

Answer 2

Wěi: Crooked, Bent, to bow under a burden
Zhōng: Center, Middle
Middle of the Crease
Bend Middle
Blood Cleft
Central Cleft
Earth Pt.
Hé/Sea - Uniting
Command Point of the Back and Lumbar
Name: Point is in the middle of where the knee bends. Point used to clear blood.
Location: At the midpoint of the popliteal crease. Midway between the biceps femoris tendon and the semitendinosus muscles.
Wěi Zhōng
Areas. Lumbar. Knee. Lower limbs.
Functions: Regulates Qi and Blood. Alleviates Pain. Clears Heat.

Question 3

BL 58

Answer 3

Fēi: To fly, hover, swift
Yáng: to raise the head, to throw upward and scatter, to spread
Taking Flight
Flying Yáng
Connecting Luò - Network to Kidney 13 Qì Xué Qi Hole
Name: Refers to how Qi “leaps” of flies from Tài Yáng Bladder to Shào Yīn Kidney channel. Also, patients suffering from leg pain could then “run freely” or take flight.
Location: 7 cun proximal to BL-60, on posterior border of fibula, at lateral margin of the gastrocnemius. About 1 cun distal and lateral to BL-57.
Qì Xué: 2 cun proximal from symphosis pubis, 0.5 cun lateral of midline.
Fēi Yáng
Areas: Lower Limbs. Anus. Tài Yáng Area. Lower Back.
Functions: Dispels Wind, Dampness and Heat. Clears the Tài Yáng. Regulates Qi and Blood. Alleviates Pain.

Question 4

BL 60

Answer 4

Kūn: Beautiful Jade
Lún: To Select
Kun Lun Mountain
Fire Pt.
Jīng - River
Name: Relates how the point is just lateral to the Lateral Malleolus “Mountain.”
Location: At center of large depression formed between the lateral malleolus and the Achilles tendon. Level with the tip of the malleolus when foot is at right angle to the leg.
Kūn Lún
Areas: Tai Yang area. Lower limb. Ankle. Spine and Neck. Head. Uterus.
Functions: Clears the Tài Yáng and expels exterior pathogens. Descends rising Yáng. Subdues wind and clears heat. Regulates QI and Blood and dispels stasis from the lower jiao. Promotes Labour. Alleviates Pain.

Question 5

BL 63

Answer 5

Jīn: Metal, Gold
Mén: Gate, Door
Golden Gate
Metal Gate
Accumulation Xī/Hsi - Cleft Pt.
Intersection of the Yáng Wéi Mài on the Bladder Channel
Name: Yáng Wei Mai is associated with Yáng Metal, this point is a gate between the Bladder and Yáng Wei Mai.
Location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression of the cuboid bone, posterior to the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal. Between peroneus brevis tendon and the extensor digiti minimi muscle.
Jīn Mén
Areas: Bladder channel. Spine and lumbar region. Lower limbs.
Functions: Regulates Qi and Blood. Alleviates Pain.

Question 6

BL 64

Answer 6

Jīng: Capital, Large, Big, Source, Origin
Gǔ: Bone
Capital Bone
Large Bone
Source Bone
Yuán - Source
Name: Reflects this is Yuàn - Source point on the Fifth Metatarsal.
Location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression anterior and inferior to the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the junction of the skin on the plantar and dorsal aspects of the foot.
Jīng Gǔ
Areas: Head. Eyes. Bladder channel.
Functions: Dispels wind. Clears heat. Calms the mind.

Question 7

BL 65

Answer 7

Shù: Bundle, restrain, to bind, tie
Gǔ: Bone
Bundle Bone
Restraining Bone
Wood Pt. 
Sedation Pt, 
Xu/Shū - Stream
Name: Resembles where metatarsals are bundled together. Where a wooden sandal holds on to the foot. Reminder of Xu/Shū - Stream point.
Location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, proximal and slightly inferior to the head of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the junction of the skin of the plantar and dorsal surface.
Shù Gǔ
Areas: Foot. Metatarsal. Head.
Functions: Dispels Wind. Clears heat. Alleviates pain.

Question 8

BL 66

Answer 8

Tōng: to pass through, to unblock 
Gǔ: valley
Valley Passage
Foot Valley Passage
Water Pt. 
Horary Pt.  
Yíng - Spring
Name: Valley like depression where Yíng - Spring and Water point associations resemble how a spring run-off collects at the base of a valley where travelers would pass over its water.
Location: On the lateral aspect of the foot, distal and inferior to the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint, at the junction of the skin of the plantar and dorsal aspects of the foot. 
Tōng Gǔ
Areas: Foot. Metatarsal. Head.
Functions. Dispels Wind. Clears Heat. Alleviates Pain.

Question 9

BL 67

Answer 9

Zhì: to arrive at, to reach, extremely, most
Yīn: component of Yáng
Reaching Yīn
Digit Well
Metal Pt.
Tonification Pt.
Jǐng/Tsing - Well Pt.
Name: Reflects how the most end point of this Yáng Bladder channel is the beginning of the next Yīn Kidney channel.
Location: 0.1 cun proximal to the lateral corner of the base of the nail.
Zhì Yīn
Areas. Uterus. Head.
Functions: Corrects position of the foetus. Dispels exterior pathogens and clears the Tài Yáng