ACUPUNCTURE
Zhu Bin: TCM Acupoint Guide
Name
Zhu Bin (Zhubin)
Location
On the medial aspect of the lower leg, 5 cun superior to KI-3 Taixi, on the line drawn between KI-3 Taixi and KI-10 Yingu, about 1 cun posterior to the medial border of the tibia. Note: locate at the junction of the lower third and upper two thirds of the distance between KI-3 Taixi and KI-10 Yingu, at the level of LIV-5 Ligou.
Needling
- Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun, causing soreness and numbness extending upward to the thigh and downward to the bottom of the foot.
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 0.7 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Xi-cleft point of the Yin Wei channel
- Point on the Yin Qiao channel
Actions
- Clears the Heart
- Transforms Phlegm
- Regulates Qi
- Alleviates pain
- Calms the mind
- Tonifies Kidney Yin
- Opens the chest
- Regulates the Yin Wei channel
Indications
- Madness
- Mania
- Mania-depression disorder
- Raving fury, abuse, drooling and cursing
- Vomiting of foamy or watery saliva
- Tongue thrusting
- Goiter
- Hernia
- Nephritis
- Cystitis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pain along the medial aspect of the lower leg and knee
- Colic
- General weakness, especially of the legs
- Depression
- Schizophrenia
- Drug poisoning
- Shan disorder
- Umbilical Shan disorder in infants
- Pain of the medial aspect of the leg
- Contraction of the calf muscle
- Weakness of the legs
- Mental disorders
- Pain in the foot and lower leg
- Seizures
- Psychosis
- Spasm of the gastrocnemius muscle
- Insanity
- Palpitations
- Orchitis
- Twitching and weakness of the legs at night in the elderly
- Spasm of the soleus muscle
- Absence of milk
- Swollen tongue
- Decline of vitality
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| SI-5 Yanggu, DU-19 Houding, DU-18 Qiangjian, DU-17 Naohu, UB-8 Luoque, UB-9 Yuzhen, REN-14 Juque, HT-3 Shaohai | Madness with vomiting |
| ST-23 Taiyi, UB-23 Shenshu, KI-7 Fuliu, SP-6 Sanyinjiao | Nephritis |
| REN-3 Zhongji, ST-29 Guilai, UB-58 Feiyang, KI-7 Fuliu | Urinary tract infection |
Notes
This point helps to clear Phlegm-Fire from the Heart. It is an excellent point to calm the mind, and is also indicated for Disharmony between the Heart and Kidneys. This point generates milk for nursing mothers. It is an elimination point for releasing poisons associated with fluids, that is, drugs, and is considered the main detoxification point for the body. A gold needle at the third and sixth months of pregnancy will strengthen the fetus. This point will be tender when venereal disease is present.
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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