Urinary Bladder Channel (UB)

Circuit: Heaven 天 – HT → SI → UB → KI

Organs connected: UB, KI

Pathway

1. Starts at the inner side of the eye and rises across the forehead to the vertex of the head (crossing: DU-24, GB-15, DU-20).
2. From the vertex a small branch splits off and enters the brain (crossing: GB-7, GB-8, GB-10, GB-11, GB-12),
3. while the main Meridian goes on down the back of the head (crossing: DU-17)
4. and divides in two at the back of the neck.
5. The inner branch descends a short way to the center of the base of the neck (crossing: DU-14, DU-13),
6. then runs down parallel to the spine.
7. A branch splits off, enters the body in the lumbar region and links with the KI
8. and its own organ, the UB.
9. The outer branch crosses the back of the shoulder,
10. runs down beside the inner branch and the spinal cord, and crosses the buttocks (crossing: GB-30).
11. Both branches carry on down the posterior thigh and join behind the knee.
12. The single Meridian then runs down the back of the lower leg and circles behind the outer ankle,
13. follows the outside of the foot and ends at the lateral side of the tip of the small toe, linking with the KI Meridian.

Crossing Points

DU-24, GB-15, DU-20, GB-7, GB-8, GB-10, GB-11, GB-12, DU-17, DU-14, DU-13, GB-30

Urinary Bladder Luo

Luo point: UB-58

Pathway

1. Branches off the primary channel at UB-58 and links with the KI channel.

Symptoms

• Nasal obstruction, watery nasal discharge, headache, back pain and epistaxis.