Acupoint+BL-60+(Kun+Lun)

**BL60 ** ** • **   **Kun Lun**    •    **Bladder** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **60** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Kun Lun Mountains. Jing River Point on the Bladder Channel. Fire Point on Water Meridian. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> =Location= <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//On the lateral ankle, in the depression midway between the external malleolus and the tendon calcaneus.//

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Clears Heat Expels Wind Activates the Channel Benefits the Lumbar Spine Relaxes the Tendons Promotes Labor Alleviates Pain Lowers Yang// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Leads Down Excess// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> occipital headache; neck pain; distal point for sciatica; for labor pain; "aspirin point"

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1.0 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//Do Not Needle If Pregnancy is known or suspected//

=General Indications=

Functions
relaxes the sinews and muscles; benefits the low back (BL-40 is used more)

Indications
low back pain; occipital headache (acute or chronic and any etiology); neck problems; sciatica; paralysis of lower limb; swelling and pain at ankle; difficult delivery

Special Notes
"aspirin point"; very dispersive because it is good for pain, all pain is qi stagnation and thus good pain points must be very dispersive; for this reason such points should be used carefully during pregnancy; depending on the source they may be contraind

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ankle Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Foot Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Headache **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Heel Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Labor Difficult Or Prolonged **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lumbar Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Neck Stiffness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Nosebleed **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Shoulder And Back Contraction **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thoracic Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Visual Dizziness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">