Yang Qiao Mai – Yang Motility Vessel

Chinese: 陽蹻脈   English: Yang Motility Vessel

Confluent (master) point: UB-62   Couple point: SI-3

Pathway

1. Begins at UB-62, goes down to UB-61, then up to UB-59.
2. Rises along the posterior border of the fibula.
3. Climbs the lateral thigh to the hip at GB-29.
4. Crosses the shoulder through SI-10, LI-15 and LI-16.
5. Rises along the neck to the face, meeting ST-4, ST-3, ST-1 and UB-1, where it joins the Yin Qiao vessel.
6. Curves over the side of the head to meet GB-20 and enters the brain.

Points on the Vessel

UB-62, UB-61, UB-59, GB-29, SI-10, LI-15, LI-16, ST-4, ST-3, ST-1, UB-1, GB-20

Indications

• Daytime epilepsy
• Eye diseases
• Loss of consciousness
• Aversion to wind
• Hemiplegia
• Chronic painful obstruction
• Rigidity of the body
• Lumbar pain
• Contracted sinews
• Flaccid muscles of the medial leg with tight muscles of the lateral leg

Notes

• Pairing: UB-62 (Yang Qiao, foot) with SI-3 (Du, hand); both marked Yang (+) in the pairing table.
• UB-62 is the confluent (opening) point of the Yang Qiao; used for tension of the outer leg, and SI-3 + UB-62 for the spine and brain.
• Insomnia: reduce UB-62 and reinforce KI-6. Somnolence: reinforce UB-62 and reduce KI-6. UB-1 can be added in both cases.
• Epilepsy: UB-62 for seizures in the daytime, KI-6 for seizures at night.
• UB-59 is the Xi-Cleft of the Yang Qiao; it clears obstruction from the channel and invigorates the Yang Qiao.
• GB-29 is a local point for Bi syndrome of the hip (GB-29 + GB-30).
• SI-10 is a crossing point of the Yang Qiao and Yang Wei and a local point for shoulder problems.
• LI-15 lies anterior and inferior to the acromion while SJ-14 lies posterior and inferior; LI-15 clears obstruction from the channel and expels Wind-Damp. LI-15 + LI-16 are combined.
• ST-4 expels Wind (deviation of eye and mouth, trigeminal neuralgia), clears obstruction from the channel and affects the facial muscles, so it can be used for aphasia; ST-4 and ST-6 can be threaded 1-1.5 cun, combined with LI-4.
• ST-3 treats eye problems, Wind in the face and serves as a local point for the nose.
• ST-1 is a crossing point of the Yang Qiao and Ren Mai, used mostly for the eyes and to expel Wind from the face.
• UB-1 is a crossing point of the UB, SI, ST, Yang Qiao and Yin Qiao and is used mainly for eye diseases.
• GB-20 is a crossing point of the Yang Qiao and Yang Wei (see Yang Wei for its functions).