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UB 27 - Acupuncture Point - Xiao Chang Shu

UB 27 Names

1.5 cun lateral to GV line, level with 1st PSF.
For point location tips, read our meridian notes; unsure about "cun" measurements, read what is a cun?.

Main point for all Small Intestine related issues.
Damp heat effecting the bladder (difficult or painful urination, hematuria, dark urine).
Damp heat effecting the intestines (diarrhea, hemorrhoids, dysentary).
Other lower warmer discharges - leukorrhea, seminal emission.

This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following TCM Patterns:

This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following Conditions / Symptoms:

UB 31, UB 32, UB 33 & UB 34 together form the "Eight Liao" points and are all useful for local low back a/or sacrum problems and most genital and urinary related disorders. Of these UB 32 is most often used clinically.
As it quickens the connecting vessels may be useful for blockages of defecation or urination.
For the functional and movement aspects for female issues such as - Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, leukorrhea. And for male issues such as impotence, erectile dysfunction (ED), seminal emission, genital pain.

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