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Bladder Indication
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| BL 1*** | brightens the eyes (clears the vision) | any eye problems; S = all eyes | SI, ST, Yin Qiao, and yang qiao all cross here; LV points are often used in combinations as well; ST points as well; often used with GB 37 (luo point) because as part of its job in shunting qi back and forth between the GB and LV channels it helps the eye |
| BL 2*** | opens and brightens the eyes (LV related); clears the nose; good for allergies and colds | headache (local point); acute conjunctivitis; excessive tearing; excessive twitching; good point for sinus allergies, hay fever, sinus headaches | good second choice to BL 1; |
| BL 3* | local point | local | local |
| BL 4** | local point | local | local |
| BL 5** | local point | local | local |
| BL 6* | local point | local | local |
| BL 7** | clears the nostrils | rhinitis (nasal obstruction); any nose problem | known for its effects on the sinuses; find GV 20 and then go diagonal and anterior at a 45 degree angle about 3/4 of an inch |
| BL 8* | local | local | local |
| BL 9* | local | local | local |
| BL 10**** | dispels wind, wind heat, wind phlegm (tai yang stage wind); dispels cold (hence, relaxes tendons and muscles); stiff neck; brightens the eyes | occipital headache; stiffness and soreness in back of neck; pharyngitis; OPIs; common cold; seizures (wind) | BL 10 with BL 60 can help invigorate the whole BL channel |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| BL 11** | regulates joints; expels wind (release exterior) | with common cold; bronchitis; with pleurisy can be needled if tender; neck and back pain; other OPI indications | meeting point of bones; not used clinically as a sea of blood point in modern point prescriptions; GB, SI, TW channels cross here; |
| BL 12*** | opens the lungs in a clearing, not building sort of manner; | common cold; bronchitis; pleurisy; can use for tai yang stage disease (some say it is best used before the pathogen gets into the organ); OPIs like wind heat | connects with GV 14 and can be used together to expel wind and release the interior; also with LI4 and LU 7 for OPIs; can moxa for OPI prevention |
| BL 13**** | regulates lung qi; benefits all aspects of lung function; builds wei qi | bronchitis; asthma; pleurisy; night sweats; pulmonary TB; steaming bone syndrome (severe kidney yin deficiency); spitting blood from lungs; any kind of cough; fullness in chest; throat blockage; anything that affects lungs | during OPI usually do not tonify BL 13 because you may tonify the pathogen; can be used in the prevention of OPIs; however, if the pathogen is very, very strong you may sometimes need to tonify the wei qi by using BL 13, in so doing you may tonify the pat |
| BL 14** | similar to PC 6, but not as strong; | local | PC shu point; BL 15 tends to be stronger; similar to PC 6 but not as strong; similar to LV channel because both are Jue Yin channels; also related to HT and PC |
| BL 15**** | benefits all aspects of the heart; calms the heart and spirit; regulates and tonifies heart qi, blood | neurasthenia (nervous system exhaustion); seizures; psychosis; hysteria; absent-mindedness; any mental problems; very good insomnia point; mania; memory loss; palpitations | heart shu point and thus very building; often use shu and source points together and thus can use HT 7 with BL 15 |
| BL 16* | local back pain | local | local |
| BL 17**** | regulates the blood, expands the chest and diaphragm, tonifies blood | anemia, chronic hemorrhagic disorders, spasms of the diaphragm, nervous vomiting, constriction of the esophagus, abdominal distension or lumps, good for skin indications (heat in the blood) | almost like a blood shu point; benefits all aspects of the blood; with BL 19 is the Four Flowers (good for qi and blood); for uterine bleeding use BL 17, SP 8, LV 3, and ST 29 |
| BL 18**** | benefits LV and GB; cools damp heat; moves stagnant qi; benefits the eyes; regulates and tonifies LV qi, blood, and yang; sedates LV yang | chronic and acute hepatitis, cholecystitis (LV/GB damp heat); stomach disease (LV invading ST); eye diseases (ascendant LV yang); intercostal neuralgia (pathway); irregular menstruation (due to LV disharmony); emotional aspects of the LV; good for LV acti | BL 17, 18, 20 are called the six magnificents and used to tonify qi and blood more deeply than the four flowers - this point combo is more recent (1200-1500 years); adding BL 19 to this combo makes the 8 magnificents and thus includes the four flowers |
| BL 19*** | cools and drains heat from LV and GB | hepatitis; cholecystitis; gastritis; bitter taste in mouth; dry or bilious vomiting; pain in the flanks; yellowish eyes/jaundice | BL 17 and BL 19 are the four flowers and build qi and blood; general GB pathology is elevated LFTs, chalky stool, and bitter taste in mouth |
| BL 20**** | regulates qi of the SP/ST and helps in transportations and transformation functions; eliminates damp; harmonizes the blood and nourishes the qi | gastritis from deficiency; prolapsed stomach; nervous vomiting; indigestion; edema; weakness or heaviness of the limbs due to damp | can be used for appetite problems, anorexia, irregular eating, poor muscle tone, weakness of the flesh and resulting injuries |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| BL 21*** | regulates ST qi; transforms damp; eliminates stagnation; tonifies SP and regulates ST; pacifies rebellious ST qi | stomach ache; gastric distension; regurgitant vomiting; abdominal pain from cold in ST; diarrhea | local |
| BL 22** | regulates the transforming function of qi | nephritis; ascites; urinary retention; enuresis; low back pain (local point); edema from urinary retention | local |
| BL 23**** | regulates KD qi; tonifies KD qi, yin, and jing; strengthens brain and marrow; increases brain function | local | can build KD yang, but GV 4 is better to really stoke the ming men fire |
| BL 24* | local point | local | local |
| BL 25*** | regulates the intestines and ST; benefits the lower back and knees | low back pain or sprain; pain in SI joint; dysentery; constipation; abdominal distension and intestinal noises; diarrhea | used a lot for low back pain; main point for constipation and can be a major cause of low back pain |
| BL 26** | strengthens the low back and knees; transforms damp stagnation in lower warmer and back | low back pain; frequent or painful urination; enuresis | local |
| BL 27** | promotes the functions of the SI and urine output; eliminates damp and cools heat; promotes the separation of the pure and impure; regulates the bladder | enuresis; urinary incontinence; blood in urine; dark or red urine; dry mouth; vaginal discharge; | more for damp heat than BL 28; SI pathology mostly relates to damp heat |
| BL 28*** | regulates the bladder | incontinence; dark and rough flowing urine; swelling and pain in the genitals; sacral back pain; sciatica; good for UTIs, atonic bladder; prostate problems; | with BL 27 for blood in the urine |
| BL 29* | local point for sciatica | local | local |
| BL 30* | local | anal disease | local |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| BL 31** | local | local | local |
| BL 32**** | regulates the lower burner; strengthens lower back and legs | diseases of the lumbosacral joint; leucorrhoea; peritonitis; orchitis; paralysis; paralysis of lower limb; squeal of infantile paralysis; urinary problems; prolapsed uterus; ; constipation; infertility | frequently used for sciatica; for inducing labor and thus contraindicated in pregnancy |
| BL 33*** | local | local | local |
| BL 34*** | regulates the lower burner; strengthens lower back and legs | urinary problems; prolapsed uterus; constipation | local |
| BL 35** | local point for lower warmer | pain in lower back during menstruation; leucorrhoea; impotence; diarrhea; hemorrhoids | local |
| BL 36*** | local | sciatica; paralysis of lower extremity | local |
| BL 37** | local point for sciatic and hamstring pull; dysfunction of lower limb | local | local |
| BL 38* | local | local | local |
| BL 39*** | regulates the water pathways in lower warmer; benefits the bladder | low back pain; nephritis; cystitis; chyluria (white milky urine); spasms of gastroc; any obstruction of urine flow (especially from dampness) | local |
| BL 40**** | clears heat; removes obstruction in the channels; cools blood; drains summer heat | heat exhaustion; low back pain; arthritis of the knee and other knee pain; paralysis of the knee; skin problems due to heat | empirical point for acute low back sprain |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| BL 41* | local point for shoulder, neck, back, numbness in elbow and arm | local | local |
| BL 42** | opens lungs, controls lung spirit (melancholy), for lung symptoms but there are better points | local | Po's house; outer BL line is used to treat the emotional aspects of a particular shu point |
| BL 43**** | strengthens deficient conditions; supports original qi (GV 4, BL 23, CV 4 also); increases function of qi; supports ming men | for late stage chronic deficiency disorders; bronchitis; asthma; TB; neurasthenia (archaic - feeble, neurosis); general weakness caused by prolonged illness; consumptive diseases like HIV, pulmonary TB; poor memory indicating a weakened condition | "happy point"; "prevention point"; "cure of a 100 diseases"; said to connect to ming men; can be used with ST 36 (and even CV 4, GV 4) as a preventative point prescription; |
| BL 44* | supports BL 15 | local | local |
| BL 45* | local point | local | palpating the outer BL will sometimes elicit some kind of giddiness, which some people believe is a sign of deficiency |
| BL 46* | local; can be used to back up BL 17 for diaphragm indications | local | local |
| BL 47** | regulates qi of the liver; diseases of LV and GB; emotional aspects of LV imbalance | local | houses Hun |
| BL 48* | can be used for GB indications as a back up for GB 19, but very rare | local | local |
| BL 49* | local | local | local |
| BL 50* | local | local | local |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| BL 51* | chronic qi, blood, or phlegm stagnation (mass) | local | lateral to Pigen |
| BL 52** | used to build will; tonifies KD yang and jing | primary for sexual function; nephritis; low back pain; spermatorrhea; infertility (both sexes, but more for men); any sperm related problems; nocturnal emissions; prostatitis; secondary point for urinary dysfunction | lateral to BL 23; for sexual dysfunction is often used with ST 27 and BL 23 |
| BL 53* | local for organ (lower warmer) and structural problems | local | local |
| BL 54** | good local point for back pain | sciatica | local |
| BL 55* | local | local | local |
| BL 56 | local | local | local |
| BL 57*** | relaxes muscles channels of BL meridian; benefits hemorrhoids | pain in lower back and leg; sciatica with BL meridian pain in leg; hemorrhoids; spasms of gastroc; charley horses | for hemorrhoids used with GV 1, GV 20, erbai |
| BL 58** | local | hemorrhoids; pain in lower back and leg with leg weakness; rheumatoid arthritis (controversial) | for low back and leg pain could tonify source point KD 3 and disperse luo point BL 58 and then use BL 23 |
| BL 59** | mostly local unless using EV treatments because it is on the yang qiao mai | headache, low back pain, paralysis of lower limb, inflammation of ankle joint | local |
| BL 60**** | relaxes the sinews and muscles; benefits the low back (BL 40 is used more) | 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 | "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 |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| BL 61* | local | pain in ankle and foot; plantar fasciitis (stretch, ice feet, needle other local points all way up to calf); paralysis of lower limb; | yang qiao crosses here |
| BL 62**** | clears the spirit, quiets the mind; opens the yang qiao channel; dispels wind (especially the head) | headache (lateral and midline); Meniere's disease; seizures; psychosis and mania; hemiplegia; arthritis; low back pain; epilepsy | master point of the yang qiao channel, ghost point |
| BL 63* | similar to BL 62 but not nearly as strong | local | local |
| BL 64** | rarely used - disperses wind; calms the spirit; | sometimes used for bladder incontinence | local |
| BL 65* | rarely used - dispels wind, calms spirit | local | local |
| BL 66* | minor point - dispels wind | local | local |
| BL 67** | regulates childbirth; brightens eyes; dispels wind in the vertex | headaches; malposition of fetus and difficult labor (needle and moxa); | most people do not needle and moxa during pregnancy |