ACUPUNCTURE
Bu Lang: TCM Acupoint Guide
BULANG
Name
Bu Lang (Bulang)
Location
In the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to REN-16 Zhongting.
Needling
- Puncture obliquely, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Caution: do not needle deeply, to avoid injuring the heart or puncturing the lung.
- Transverse-oblique insertion directed laterally along the intercostal space, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Unbinds the chest
- Descends rebellious lung and stomach qi
Indications
- Cough
- Asthma
- Distention and fullness of the chest and hypochondriac region
- Vomiting
- Anorexia
- Wheezing
- Breast abscess
- No pleasure in eating
- Pleurisy
- Neuralgia
- Mastitis
- Gastritis
- Bronchitis
- Dyspnea
- Diminished qi
- Nasal congestion
Notes
This is considered to be a convalescence point. KI-22 Bulang, KI-23 Shenfeng, KI-24 Lingxu, KI-25 Shencang, KI-26 Yuzhong and KI-27 Shufu were listed as the twelve shu points of the chest and are indicated for wheezing, dyspnea and coughing due to excess above and deficiency below.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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