BL64 (Jinggu, “Jinggu”) is the Yuan-Source point of the Bladder Meridian. It is located on the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression found just below the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin. It clears the head and eyes, calms the spirit, relaxes the sinews, and alleviates pain along the channel.
On the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression found just below the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.
Perpendicular insertion 0.3-0.5 cun.
Clears the head and eyes, calms the spirit, relaxes the sinews, and alleviates pain along the channel..
Headache as if the head is breaking, dizziness, neck and back stiffness, inability to bend or extend the waist, pain in the back and sides of the body, hip pain, muscle cramps, foot pain, epilepsy, mania, collapsing from mania, madness with agitation and walking, fright, poor appetite, heart pain, red and ulcerated inner canthus of the eye, white film in the eye, eye turning white, nosebleed, incessant nasal discharge, malaria with chills and fever, body pain, body numbness..
As the Yuan-Source point of the Bladder channel, Jinggu is a key point for treating disorders along the entire channel, from headache and neck stiffness to lumbar and leg pain. Its classical indications for mania, epilepsy, and fright highlight its function in calming the spirit, particularly when Bladder channel pathology affects the head and mind. It is also an important distal point for eye disorders like redness and pain, especially at the inner canthus, reflecting the channel's origin at Jingming (BL1).
BL64 is one of 67 points on the Bladder Meridian. Nearby points:
BL64 (Jinggu) is located on the lateral aspect of the foot, in the depression found just below the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone, at the junction of the red and white skin.
BL64 clears the head and eyes, calms the spirit, relaxes the sinews, and alleviates pain along the channel. Common clinical indications include headache as if the head is breaking, dizziness, neck and back stiffness, inability to bend or extend the waist, pain in the back and sides of the body, hip pain, muscle cramps, foot pain, epilepsy, mania, collapsing from mania, madness with agitation and walking, fright, poor appetite, heart pain, red and ulcerated inner canthus of the eye, white film in the eye, eye turning white, nosebleed, incessant nasal discharge, malaria with chills and fever, body pain, body numbness.
Perpendicular insertion 0.3-0.5 cun.
BL64 is a point on the Bladder Meridian (Zú Tài Yáng Páng Guāng Jīng).