CYC13 Pangguang (Bladder)

Location

At the junction of the anterior 1/3 and middle 1/3 of the line from Prostate and Ureter.

Indications

Conditions for which CYC13 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using CYC13

• Bladder Discomfort Catheter-related – CVC09, CYC11, CYC13, IAC03, TF10, TR01 (doi:10.1155/nrp/3182987 ↗)
• Incontinence Urinary – CYC11, CYC13, HX03 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100720 ↗)
• Incontinence Urinary – CVC02, CVC06, CYC11, CYC13, HX03 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100720 ↗)
• Incontinence Urinary – AT12, CYC11, CYC13, HX03, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100720 ↗)
• Incontinence Urinary – AT12, CVC02, CVC06, CYC11, CYC13, HX03, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-04979-8 ↗)
• Urinary Retention – CYC11, CYC13, HX03, IAC03 (doi:10.3233/THC-220660 ↗)
• Infection Urinary Recurrent – ST36, SP06, BL24, BL25, BL26, BL27, BL28, BL60, KD06, KD07, KD13, KD14, KD15, GV20, CYC11, CYC13, IAC03 (doi:10.1007/s00192-024-05872-7 ↗)
• Bladder Neurogenic – AT12, CVC06, CYC11, CYC13 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20240245 ↗)
• Anxiety, Overactive Bladder – CVC01, CYC08, CYC11, CYC13 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.20250775 ↗)
• Urinary Retention – ST28, SP06, SP09, CV03, CV04, CV06, GV20, CYC13, HX03 (doi:10.1155/2020/2520483 ↗)
• Back Chronic Pain – BL10, BL11, BL12, BL17, BL21, BL23, BL24, BL25, GB21, GB30, LV08, AH01, AH02, AH03, AT12, CYC08, CYC11, CYC13, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2021.07.008 ↗)
• Back Chronic Pain – AH01, AH02, AH03, AT12, CYC08, CYC11, CYC13, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2021.07.008 ↗)
• Low Back Pain – AH03, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, CYC13, TF10 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Postoperative Pain, Hemorrhoids Mixed Postoperative – AT12, CYC11, CYC13, HX06, IAC03, TF10 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Nocturia – SP06, BL23, BL28, BL31, BL33, BL35, BL40, KD03, KD07, CYC11, CYC13 (doi:10.1097/JU9.0000000000000493 ↗)
• Premenstrual Syndrome – CYC11, CYC13, EL12, HX09, IAC03, TF08, TF10 (doi:10.29237/2358-9868.2017v5i2.p34-40 ↗)
• Discomfort Urination, Catheter-related Bladder Discomfort, Bladder Discomfort Catheter-related – CVC09, CYC11, CYC13, IAC03, TF10, TR01 (Dong Y, Long D, Fang B, Song S, Liao P, Li T, Li L.. Auricular Acupressure for Preventing Postoperative Catheter‐Related Bladder Discomfort in Male Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nursing research and practice, 2026)
• Hyperlipidemia, Obesity – ST40, SP03, BL20, BL23, CV03, CV04, CV12, GV04, CVC06, CVC09, CYC11, CYC13, IN01 (Pang Tingtinga et al.. [Clinical observation on obesity and hyperlipidemia of yang deficiency of spleen and kidney syn- drome in female patients treated with warm acupuncture combined with auricular acupuncture].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2015)
• Urinary Retention – SP06, KD10, CYC11, CYC12, CYC13, HX03, TR01 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)

Most often selected alongside CYC13

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with CYC13. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• CYC11Kidney18 protocols
• IAC03Sympathetic10 protocols
• TF10Shenmen9 protocols
• HX03Urethra7 protocols
• AT12Nervous Subcortex6 protocols
• CVC06Spleen5 protocols
• CYC08Liver4 protocols
• SP06Three Yin Intersection4 protocols
• AH03Lumbar3 protocols
• BL23Kidney Shu Point3 protocols
• CVC09San Jiao3 protocols
• TR01Adrenal Gland3 protocols

Other points on the Auricular Points