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).
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《醫宗金鑑·刺灸心法要訣》 Yīzōng Jīnjiàn · Cìjiǔ Xīnfǎ Yàojué — Golden Mirror of Medicine: Essential Teachings on Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Wu Qian et al., 1742 · 卷一 · 十二經表裡原絡總歌 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
足太陽膀胱經病，可刺本經表之原穴，即京骨穴也The text records that for disorders of the foot taiyang bladder channel one may needle this channel's yuan-source point, namely BL64.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷03 · Source: Wikisource ↗
京骨，在足外側大骨下，赤白肉際陷者中，按而得之，足太陽脈之所過也，為原According to this text, BL64 lies on the outer side of the foot below the large bone, in the hollow at the red-white skin border, found by pressing; the foot taiyang vessel passes here and it is the yuan-source point.
《類經》 Lèijīng — Classified Canon, Zhang Jiebin, 1624 · 二十八卷·运气类 · 四十三、十二脏神失守位邪鬼外干之刺 · Source: Wikisource ↗
京骨穴也。 用长针，先温于口中，以左手按穴，刺
入三分，留三呼，进二分，留三呼，徐徐出针，以手扪其穴This commentary records needling BL64 for the bladder: a long needle is first warmed in the mouth, the point pressed with the left hand, inserted 0.3 cun and held three breaths, advanced 0.2 cun and held three breaths, then slowly withdrawn and the point pressed closed.
《普濟方·針灸門》 Pǔjì Fāng · Zhēnjiǔ Mén — Formulas for Universal Relief: Acupuncture & Moxibustion Section, Zhu Su, 1406 · 卷四百十三 · 針灸門 · 膀胱 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
京骨（在足外側大骨下赤白際陷者中。 灸三壯。 主痎瘧寒熱According to this text, BL64 lies on the outer side of the foot below the large bone at the red-white border, receives 3 moxa cones, and was used for malaria with chills and fever.
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).