| TRANSLATION: | Gate of Abundance; Hamstring Gate |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | On the back of the thigh, in the depression between the hamstrong muscles, 6 cun below UB 36 on the line joining UB 36 and UB 40 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-2.0 cun |
Urinary Bladder Meridian 膀胱经
| TRANSLATION: | Superficial Cleft; Floating Cleft |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 1 cun above UB 39, on medial side of the tendon biceps femoris (with knee flexed) |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Supporting Yang; Outside of the Crook; Lateral End of the Crease |
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| TYPE: | Lower He-Sea point of the San Jiao |
| LOCATION: | At the back of the knee, on the lateral end of the popliteal crease level with UB 40, in the depression on medial border of the tendon of biceps femoris |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Supporting Middle; Middle Crook; Middle of the Crease |
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| TYPE: | He-Sea, Earth, Command Point (back), Heavenly Star |
| LOCATION: | At the back of the knee, on the popliteal crease, in a depression midway between the tendons of biceps femoris and semitendinosus |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 90° insertion, b) prick to bleed superfical veins |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a) 1.0-1.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Attached Branch; Outer Branch |
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| TYPE: | Meeting point of the Urinary Bladder and Small Intestine meridians |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinuous process of T2, level with BL 12 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Soul Door; Gate of Corporeal Soul; Door of the Corporeal Soul |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinuous process of T3, level with BL 13 and GV 12 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 45° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |