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TIANZHU
BL-10

INDICATIONS

Bladder
Celestial
Pillar
Kidney
PointPericardium
of the Window of Heaven
Sanjiao
LOCATION

Gall Bladder
On the lateral aspect of the trapezius muscle, 1.3 cun
Liver
lateral
to Yamen DU-15.
Conception
Governing

Tianzhu BL-10

Extra Points

Fengfu DU-16

Dizziness, inability of the legs to support the body,

sudden muscular contractions, pain of the body.
Pain and heaviness of the head, headache, head
wind, stiffness of the neck with inability to turn the
head, pain of the shoulder and back, bursting eye
pain, redness of the eyes, blurred vision, lacrimation,
swelling of the throat with difficulty in speaking, nasal congestion, loss of sense of smell, febrile disease
with absence of sweating.
Mania, incessant talking, seeing ghosts, epilepsy,
childhood epilepsy, upward staring eyes.

Yamen DU-15
COMMENTARY

Fengchi GB-20

1.3 cun

LOCATION NOTE

First locate Fengfu DU-16 directly below the occipital

protuberance in a depression between the trapezius on
both sides. Then locate Yamen DU-15 which is 0.5 cun
below Fengfu DU-16 in the depression 0.5 cun within the
hairline. Now locate Tianzhu BL-10, 1.3 cun lateral to
Yamen DU-15.
NEEDLING

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun.

ACTIONS

Regulates qi and pacifies wind

Benefits the head and sensory orifices
Calms the spirit
Activates the channel and alleviates pain

Tianzhu BL-10 is one of five points referred to in

Chapter 21 of the Spiritual Pivot as points of the
Window of Heaven (see The Points of the Window
of Heaven for a fuller discussion), and in this passage it is said Sudden contraction, epilepsy and
dizziness, with inability of the legs to support the
body, select Tianzhu BL-10. Chapter 24 of the Spiritual Pivot says inversion headache with neck pain
followed by lumbar pain select Tianzhu BL-10
In common with the other Window of Heaven points,
Tianzhu BL-10 is indicated when inversion qi (chaotic
and rebellious qi) rises to the head. This may give rise to
dizziness, headache, heaviness of the head, stiff neck and
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part the legs are unable to support the body due to
unbalanced distribution of qi.
The use of Tianzhu BL-10 for disorders such as inability
of the legs to support the body, pain of the body, and
headache accompanied by lumbar pain is a reflection of
the principle of selecting points above to treat disorders
below.
Like Tianfu LU-3 and Tianchuang SI-16 (also points of
the Window of Heaven), Tianzhu BL-10 is further indicated for mental disorders characterised by mania and
incessant talking, as well as for disorders characterised in
the classical texts as seeing or 'communicating with ghosts'
and therefore attributed to some form of demonic possession. In terms of modern medicine these indications refer
to various forms of severe mental disorder including
schizophrenia.
Finally there is some similarity between the indications
of Tianzhu BL-10 and Fengchi GB-20, both points being
located close to each other. Fengchi GB-20 however is
much used clinically both to expel exterior pathogenic
wind and to pacify interior wind, whilst the clinical use
of Tianzhu BL-10 is primarily confined to pacifying interior wind.

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COMBINATIONS

Bladder Tianzhu BL-10, Taodao DU-13, Dazhu BL-11,

Headache:
Kidney LU-6 and Houxi SI-3 (Thousand Ducat Formulas).
Kongzui
Head
wind: Tianzhu BL-10, Naokong GB-19 and
Pericardium
Baihui
DU-20 (Supplementing Life).
Sanjiao
Dizziness: Tianzhu BL-10, Shangxing DU-23 and
Gall Bladder
Fengchi GB-20 (Glorious Anthology).
Liver dizziness, dimness of vision with bursting eye
Visual
Conception
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Tianzhu BL-10, Taodao DU-13 and Kunlun
BL-60
(Supplementing Life).
Governing
Blurring
of vision: Tianzhu BL-10 and Yanglao SI-6
Extra Points
(One Hundred Symptoms).
Stiff neck with great aversion to wind: Tianzhu BL-10
and Shugu BL-65 (One Hundred Symptoms).
Inability of the legs to support the body: Tianzhu
BL-10 and Xingjian LIV-2 (Thousand Ducat Formulas).
Childhood fright epilepsy: Tianzhu BL-10, Benshen
GB-13, Qianding DU-21 and Xinhui DU-22 (Thousand
Ducat Formulas).
Pain of the shoulder as if it were broken: Tianzhu
BL-10 and Yanglao SI-6 (Thousand Ducat Formulas).