Xialiao BL34: Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications
Nomenclature:
Xia: lower Liao: foramen
Xialiao is at the fourth posterior sacral foramen.
Point: BL34
Chinese Name: 下髎
Name: Xialiao
English Name/Meaning: Lower crevice
Pinyin: xià liáo
Han Geul 한글: ha ryo 하료
Romaji: ge ryō?
Vietnamese:Hạ liêu
Location:
On the sacrum, medial and inferior to Zhongliao (BL33), just at the fourth posterior saral foramen.
Functions of Xialiao:
- Regulates lower burner.
- Strengthens the lower back and legs.
- Strengthens kidney and essence.
Indications:
- Genital problems, regulates hormones,eneuresis, infertility, uterine prolapse, leucorrhoea, orchitis.
- Low back pain, sacroiliac joint pain, sciatica, numbness in lumbar and sacral region.
Method:
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Remarks:
One of the point of baliao.
Precautions:
No needling during pregnancy.
