Location
1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the 3rd posterior sacral foramen.
Cautions
Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
Indications
Conditions for which BL29 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Benefit Back LumbarBenefit Back LumbarCommon ColdCold IntestinesCold IntestinesAtrophy Kidney DeficiencyAtrophy Kidney DeficiencyDiarrheaShan DisorderShan DisorderAbdominal BloatingAbdominal BloatingDysenterySpine Turning StiffnessImmobility Spine TurningButtock PainButtock PainButtock Gluteus Maximus Myotome PainButtock Gluteus Maximus Myotome PainRib PainRib PainLumbar Spine PainLumbar Spine PainSciaticaSpontaneous SweatingSpontaneous SweatingThirsting ExcessiveThirsting Excessive
Protocols using BL29
- Back Low Pain, Acute Pain, Referred Pain – LI04, BL29, BL30, BL31, BL32, BL40, BL54, BL58, BL62, KD03, GB30, LV03, GV03, GV04 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-241 ↗)
- Radiculopathy, Lower-limb Numbness, Lower-back Pain, Radiating Lower-limb Pain, Disc-herniation Lumbar Extruded – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL27, BL28, BL29, BL30, GB30 (doi:10.3389/fneur.2024.1381292 ↗)
- Groin Pain, Lower Back Pain, Sacroiliac Pain, Pubic Symphysis Pain, Difficulty Walking, Postpartum Symphysis Pubis Diastasis, Qi Stagnation Blood Stasis – BL23, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL27, BL28, BL29, BL30, BL53, BL54, GB27, GB28 (doi:10.21037/acr-2025-189 ↗)
- Premature Ejaculation, Sexual Dysfunction – ST36, SP12, SP13, BL23, BL27, BL28, BL29, BL30, BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34, BL47, KD01, KD03, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.4103/0973-6131.113408 ↗)
- Kidney Yang Deficiency, Kidney Yang Deficiency – BL23, BL29, BL30, KD03, KD07 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Nocturia, Overactive Bladder, Sleep Disturbance – SP06, BL23, BL29, BL33, BL35 (程觅冉津川阮铄荃胡静顾尤嘉赵小凡陈炳力明树人李璟侯文光. 针刺治疗膀胱源性夜尿症的疗效观察及对特定腧穴红外辐射温度变化的影响. 中国中医药科技 ., 2024 [CNKI])
- Common Cold, Damp, Dysentery, Tenesmus – ST25, ST37, SP09, BL29, CV06, CV12 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
- Heat, Damp, Dysentery, Tenesmus – LI04, LI11, ST25, ST37, BL29 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
- Dysentery, Tenesmus, Appetite Food Resistant, Appetite Food Resistant – ST25, ST37, BL29, PC06, CV12 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
- Dysentery, Tenesmus – ST25, ST36, ST37, BL20, BL21, BL29, CV04 (sacredlotus.com ↗)