Acupoint+BL-28+(Pang+Guang+Shu)

**BL28 ** ** • **   **Pang Guang Shu**    •    **Bladder** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **28** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Bladder Shu. Back Shu of the Bladder that connects with Front Mu CV-3. = = =Location= 1.5 cun lateral to the GV meridian, at the level of the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Regulates The Bladder Resolves Damp Heat from the Lower Burner Transforms Stagnation Strengthens the Lumbar Region and Legs// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Resolves Masses// BL shu; tonifies the BL; more for deficiency types of problems; a broader point than BL-27 because the BL shu point

=Needling=

Depth:
0.8 - 1.2 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
regulates the bladder

Indications
incontinence; dark and rough flowing urine; swelling and pain in the genitals; sacral back pain; sciatica; good for UTIs, atonic bladder; prostate problems;

Special Notes
with BL-27 for blood in the urine

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Constipation **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Diarrhea **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dysuria **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Genital Swelling **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Leg Muscle Weakness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lumbosacral Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sciatica **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Seminal Emissions **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Urinary Dysfunction **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Urinary Incontinence **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Urination Frequent **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Urine Dark **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Urine Retention **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Urogenital Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">