ACUPUNCTURE
Wei Yang: TCM Acupoint Guide
WEIYANG
Name
Wei Yang (Weiyang)
Location
Lateral to UB-40 Weizhong, on the medial border of the tendon of the biceps femoris muscle. Note: locate this point with the knee slightly flexed.
Needling
- Straight insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun, causing distention and soreness extending to the thigh.
Command Functions
- Lower He-Sea, Uniting, point of the San Jiao
Actions
- Regulates water pathways
- Benefits the Bladder
- Stimulates the transformation of Fluids in the Lower Jiao
- Harmonizes the San Jiao
- Regulates urination
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
Indications
- Stiffness and pain of the lower back
- Distention and fullness of the lower abdomen
- Edema
- Dysuria
- Anuria
- Leg and foot cramps
- Fullness of the chest or abdomen
- Low back pain extending to the abdomen
- Loss of urine
- Retention of urine
- Hemorrhoids
- Constipation
- Prostatitis
- Painful urinary dysfunction
- Urinary tract infection
- Knee pain and stiffness
- Contraction and pain of the leg and foot
- Paralysis of the lower extremities
- Generalized spasms
- All types of syncope
- Fever in tuberculosis
- Fullness of the sides
- Chest fullness
- Fever and chills
- Low back pain
- Nephritis
- Cystitis
- Chyluria
- Urinary incontinence
- Spasms of the gastrocnemius muscle
- Burning on urination
- Difficult urination
- Edema of the ankles
- Enuresis
- Stifling sensation in the chest and hypochondrium
- Numbness or muscle spasm of the lower extremities
- Pain and swelling of the axilla
- Abdominal distention
- Impotence
- Numbness
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| UB-52 Zhishi, UB-33 Zhongliao | Urinary incontinence, dribbling urination |
| UB-22 Sanjiaoshu, UB-28 Pangguanshu, REN-3 Zhongji | Chyluria |
| REN-5 Shimen, REN-7 Yinjiao | Hardness and pain in the lower abdomen that radiates to the genitals with inability to urinate |
| KI-10 Yingu, LIV-1 Dadun, LIV-14 Qimen, UB-40 Weizhong | Involuntary erection with difficult urination |
| PC-1 Tianchi or PC-1 Tianchi, UB-62 Shenmai, GB-42 Diwuhui, GB-38 Yangfu, GB-41 Zulinqi | Swelling of the axilla |
| UB-37 Yimen, SP-3 Taibai, SP-9 Yinlingquan, LIV-2 Xingjian | Lumbar pain with inability to bend and extend |
Notes
This point is good for water metabolism. Its main use is for difficulty in passing urine, as in prostatitis. This is a deep Spirit point.
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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