# BL49 Yishe (Abode Of Thought) – Bladder Meridian

意舍 · yì shè

Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV06 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra.

Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

Canonical page: https://acuiq.com/points/bl49

## Indications

An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Muscle Wasting, Aversion Cold, Aversion Cold, Aversion Wind, Aversion Wind, Benefit Digestion, Benefit Digestion, Benefit Regulate Spleen, Benefit Regulate Stomach, Diarrhoea Slippery, Diarrhoea Slippery, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Bloating, Chest Bloating, Chest Bloating, Costal Lateral Bloating, Costal Lateral Bloating, Abdominal Fullness, Abdominal Fullness, Heat, Jaundice Eyes, Jaundice Eyes, Jaundice Face, Jaundice Face, Back Pain, Back Pain, Chest Pain, Chest Pain, Rib Pain, Rib Pain, Thorax Inferior Ache Pain, Thorax Inferior Ache Pain, Regulate Spleen, Regulate Stomach, Damp Heat Syndrome, Damp-heat Syndrome, Thirsting Excessive, Thirsting Excessive, Urine Reddish, Urine Reddish, Vomiting

## Most often selected alongside BL49

Sourced protocols in the index pairing each point with this one. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

- BL21 (Stomach Shu Point) – 2 protocols
- BL20 (Spleen Shu Point) – 1 protocols
- BL22 (Sanjiao Shu Point) – 1 protocols
- BL23 (Kidney Shu Point) – 1 protocols
- BL24 (Sea Of Qi Shu Point) – 1 protocols
- BL26 (Original Qi Gate Shu Point) – 1 protocols
- BL45 (That Hurts!) – 1 protocols
- BL46 (Diaphragm Gate) – 1 protocols

## Protocols using BL49

| Symptoms | Points | Course | Source | Kind | Caveat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | ST40, SP03, SP04, SP06, BL20, BL21, BL49 | 7 days | Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |
| Renal Colic Pain | BL21, BL22, BL23, BL24, BL26, BL45, BL46, BL47, BL48, BL49 | 1 days | Acupuncture Versus Titrated Morphine in Patients With Renal Colic. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02781415 | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |

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