BL-35 - Meeting of Yang

会阳 - Huì yáng

Point Region: Buttock

BL

Bladder Meridian

足太阳膀胱经 - Zú Tàiyáng Pángguāng Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the buttock, in the soft hollow 0.5 cun out from the tip of the tailbone (coccyx).

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Lie face down, or kneel with your chest lowered
  2. Find the tip of your tailbone
  3. The point is in the soft hollow half a thumb-width out to the side
BL-35 (Meeting of Yang) acupressure point location: On the buttock, in the soft hollow 0.5 cun out from the tip of the tailbone (coccyx).

How to Apply Pressure

Using a fingertip, apply gentle, steady pressure in the soft hollow half a thumb-width out to the side of the tip of your tailbone; it is easiest to reach lying face down or kneeling. Firm but never painful pressure is enough; stop if it hurts. Do not press over acutely inflamed hemorrhoids. Skip this point over irritated or broken skin.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Hemorrhoids
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Impotence
  • Diarrhea
  • Anal disorders

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Avoid in acute hemorrhoidal inflammation