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Fei Yang: TCM Acupoint Guide

FEIYANG
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

Fei Yang (Feiyang)

Location

On the posterior border of the fibula, 7 cun directly above UB-60 Kunlun, approximately 1 cun inferior and lateral to UB-57 Chengshan.

Needling

  • Straight insertion, 1.5 to 2.5 cun, causing local distention, numbness and soreness, possibly extending downward.
  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion, directed proximally or distally, 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly, 0.7 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

Command Functions

  • Luo-Connecting point

Actions

  • Removes obstruction from the channel
  • Strengthens the Kidneys
  • Harmonizes the upper and lower
  • Expels Wind from the Tai Yang channel
  • Treats hemorrhoids
  • Alleviates pain

Indications

  • Lower back pain
  • Sciatica
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Swelling and pain of hemorrhoids
  • Difficulty getting up
  • Difficulty walking
  • Lassitude and cramps in the legs
  • Trembling
  • Inability to stay upright for a long time
  • Difficulty flexing and extending the toes
  • Eye pain
  • Dyspnea
  • Calm craziness
  • Alternating fever and chills
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Nephritis
  • Beriberi
  • Heat in the head
  • Visual dizziness
  • Pain in the neck and occiput
  • Rhinitis
  • Rhinitis with obstruction and pain of the head and back
  • Mania
  • Heaviness of the body with inability to sit or stand
  • Shivering with inability to sit or stand for long
  • Wind-predominant Bi of the lower extremities
  • Seizures
  • Dizziness
  • Headache
  • Blurred vision
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Epistaxis
  • Sneezing
  • Weakness of the legs
  • Cystitis
  • Irritable Bladder
  • Irritability
  • Vertigo
  • Epilepsy
  • Back and head pain
  • Pain and weakness of the lower back and knee
  • Pain in the calf
  • Insanity
  • Progressive painful joints
  • Chills and fever
  • Fever with anhidrosis
  • Malaria
  • Malaria with absence of thirst
  • Swelling and pain of the lower limb
  • Bleeding hemorrhoids
  • Coldness of the lower part of the body
  • Wei syndrome of the lower limb

Combinations

PointsIndications
REN-3 Zhongji, UB-28 Pangguangshu, SP-9 YinlingquanCystitis
SI-5 YangguDizziness, eye pain
UB-60 Kunlun, LIV-8 Ququan, SI-2 Qiangu, SI-1 Shaoze, HT-5 TongliHeadache and dizziness
UB-57 Chengshan, UB-60 Kunlun, UB-64 Jinggu, SP-1 YinbaiHeat in the head, rhinitis with epistaxis
KI-1 Yongquan, GB-4 HanyanNeck pain, joint pain, sweating
ST-23 Taiyi, ST-24 HuaroumenMadness and mania with tongue thrusting

Notes

Used as a distal point for lower back pain and sciatica. A great point for runners: they run better, with stronger legs and more endurance. This is called the tirelessness point. It affects the parathyroids and brings about well-being, great vitality, strengthening body and mind.

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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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