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This is the most clinically used of the eight liao points. It benefits the lower burner, regulates menstruation, promotes labour and relieves lumbosacral pain and sciatica.
Location
On the sacrum, in the second posterior sacral foramen (S2).
Anatomy
Over the second posterior sacral foramen; the lateral sacral artery; the dorsal ramus of the second sacral nerve.
Actions & Functions
- Benefits the lower burner and the genitals
- Regulates menstruation and promotes labour
- Relieves lumbosacral pain and sciatica
Indications
Dysmenorrhoea and irregular menstruation, infertility, abnormal vaginal discharge, difficult urination, difficult labour, and lumbosacral pain and sciatica.
Needling
1.0-1.5 cun, perpendicular insertion into the foramen.
Moxibustion Suitability
Suitable for moxibustion.
Point Combinations
With SP-6 and REN-4 for dysmenorrhoea; with BL-23 and BL-40 for lumbosacral pain.
Classical Text References
One of the eight liao points; the most widely used.
Cautions & Contraindications
Caution in pregnancy except to promote labour at term.
Latest Research
Latest peer-reviewed research on this point will be summarised here, with citations linked to PubMed, via our research integration.
