Location
On the sacrum 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the tip of the coccyx.
Cautions
Avoid in hemorrhoids.
Indications
Conditions for which BL35 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Benefit CoccyxBenefit CoccyxBenefit Regulate Jiao LowerCold AbdomenCold AbdomenYang Qi DeficiencyYang Qi DeficiencyDiarrheaDysenteryErectile DysfunctionErectile / Impotence ProblemsHemorrhoidsHaemorrhoids ChronicHaemorrhoids ChronicGenital ItchingGenital ItchingVaginal DischargeVaginal DischargeLower Back PainLower Back PainButtock PainButtock PainCoccyx PainCoccyx PainLeg PainLeg PainLeg Walking Uphill PainLeg Walking Uphill PainRectal ProlapseRectal ProlapseRegulate Jiao LowerBlood in StoolBlood in StoolDamp Heat SyndromeDamp-heat Syndrome
Protocols using BL35
- Urinary Incontinence Stress, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction – ST36, SP06, BL23, BL24, BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34, BL35, CV03, CV04 (https://doi.org/10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2025.240242)
- Nocturia, Urination Frequent, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Urination Urgency, Urination Incomplete Emptying, Urinary Intermittent Stream – SP06, SP09, BL33, BL35, CV04 (https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000030429)
- Urinary Stress Incontinence – BL33, BL35 (Efficacy and Safety Study of Electroacupuncture for Simple Female Stress Urinary incontinence-a Multicenter Trial. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01784172)
- Incontinence Bladder, Urinary Problems, Incontinence Urinary Stress – SP06, BL23, BL32, BL35, BL40, KD12, CV03, CV04 (https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000048316)
- Urinary Incontinence Stress, Urinary Incontinence Exertional – BL33, BL35 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0560-1)
- Sexual Dysfunction, Pelvic Pain, Chronic Prostatitis, Prostate Pain, Urinary Tract Symptoms Lower – SP06, BL23, BL33, BL35 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-1428-y)
- Nocturia, Urinary Frequency, Urinary Urgency, Urinary Incontinence Mixed, Urinary Incontinence Stress, Urinary Incontinence Urgency – BL33, BL35 (https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-301)
- Urinary Dysfunction, Chronic Prostatitis, Pelvic Pain – BL32, BL35, CV03, CV04 (张杰. 慢性前列腺炎患者尿流率—尿道括约肌肌电图检测及电针治疗研究. , [CNKI])
- Pelvic Chronic Pain, Lumbosacral Pain, Lower-abdomen Pain, Pelvic-inflammatory-disease – LI04, SP06, SP09, BL33, BL35, LV03 (https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61020354)
- Chronic Prostatitis With Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome – SP06, BL23, BL33, BL35 (Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03213938)
- Nocturia, Urinary Frequency, Urinary Urgency, Incontinence Urinary Mixed, Incontinence Urgency, Incontinence Stress – SP06, BL33, BL35 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2784-1)
- Incontinence Urinary Stress, Incontinence Urinary Mixed Stress-predominant – BL33, BL35 (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002034)