BL59 (Fuyang, “Instep Yang”) is the Xi-Cleft point of the Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Motility Vessel) point of the Bladder Meridian. It is located on the posterolateral aspect of the leg, between the fibula and the calcaneal (Achilles) tendon, 3 cun superior to BL60 (Kunlun). It xi-Cleft point of the Yang Qiao Mai: benefits the lower back and legs, activates the channel and alleviates pain, and clears the head.
On the posterolateral aspect of the leg, between the fibula and the calcaneal (Achilles) tendon, 3 cun superior to BL60 (Kunlun).
Perpendicular insertion 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
Xi-Cleft point of the Yang Qiao Mai: benefits the lower back and legs, activates the channel and alleviates pain, and clears the head.
Heaviness of the head, headache, lumbar and sacral pain, pain and weakness of the leg, atrophy of the lower limb, swelling and pain of the lateral malleolus, inability to stand for long.
Used for lumbar and leg pain and weakness along the lateral leg, and for heaviness of the head, in keeping with its role on the Yang Qiao Mai.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《醫學綱目·刺灸》 Yīxué Gāngmù · Cìjiǔ — Outline of Medicine: Needling and Moxibustion, Lou Ying, 1565 · 卷之八·陰陽臟腑部 · 穴法下 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
跗陽二穴，在足外踝上三寸陽蹺之郄，太陽前，少陽後，筋骨間。 針入五分。According to this text, BL59 lies 3 cun above the outer ankle, as the cleft point of the yangqiao vessel, in front of taiyang and behind shaoyang between sinew and bone; needle insertion is 0.5 cun.
《神應經》 Shényìng Jīng — Classic of Divine Response, Chen Hui, 1425 · 手足腰腋部 · Source: Wikisource ↗
腰痛不能久立，腿膝胫酸重及四肢不举∶跗阳The text records that BL59 was used for lumbar pain with inability to stand for long, aching and heavy thighs, knees and shins, and inability to raise the four limbs.
BL59 is one of 67 points on the Bladder Meridian. Nearby points:
BL59 (Fuyang) is located on the posterolateral aspect of the leg, between the fibula and the calcaneal (Achilles) tendon, 3 cun superior to BL60 (Kunlun).
BL59 xi-Cleft point of the Yang Qiao Mai: benefits the lower back and legs, activates the channel and alleviates pain, and clears the head. Common clinical indications include heaviness of the head, headache, lumbar and sacral pain, pain and weakness of the leg, atrophy of the lower limb, swelling and pain of the lateral malleolus, inability to stand for long.
Perpendicular insertion 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
BL59 is a point on the Bladder Meridian (Zú Tài Yáng Páng Guāng Jīng).