The Luo Connecting point of the Bladder — a bridge between the upper and the lower, the inner and the outer. Feiyang (BL-58) clears excess rising to the head, opens the nose, relieves haemorrhoids, and through its luo-connecting channel reaches all the way to the Kidneys to address the root when deficiency and excess exist together.
Contraindications
No special contraindications are noted in the sources for this point. Use standard clean needling technique and observe the recommended depth.
Name & story
飞扬 Feiyang means 'Soaring Upwards' — or in its alternative translation, 'Flying Yang'. The name captures something vivid: Yang energy that has broken free of its moorings and surged upward, like a kite cut loose from its string. Headache, dizziness, nosebleed, a congested nose — these are the classic signs that something has flown too high. The point sits at the very place where the Bladder channel swings laterally toward the Gall Bladder channel on the lower leg, as if the Qi itself takes flight here. By needling this point, the practitioner calls the soaring Yang back down and restores the balance between above and below.
Point family & character
Feiyang BL-58 belongs to the Bladder Meridian (BL). Its defining character is that it is the Luo Connecting point of the channel — the point from which a connecting vessel branches off to meet the coupled Kidney Meridian (KID). This partnership gives the point a remarkable reach: it can treat not only Bladder channel disorders but also conditions arising from Kidney deficiency, since the luo-connecting channel links the two channels directly.
Five-element dynamics
The Bladder and Kidney channels form the Water pair of the Five Elements — one Yang, one Yin, bound together by their luo-connecting vessel. Feiyang BL-58 stands at that junction. When the Kidneys are depleted, deficiency below allows Yang to rise unchecked along the Bladder channel to the head, producing dizziness, headache and nosebleed above while the lower body grows cold and weak. This is precisely the pattern described in the classical texts — excess above, deficiency below — and it is the situation Feiyang was made for. By regulating the luo-connecting channel, it reins in the excess at the top and, at the same time, draws attention back to the deficiency that allowed it to arise.
Location
On the back of the lower leg, 7 Cun directly above Kunlun BL-60 (the depression between the outer ankle and the Achilles tendon), and about 1 Cun inferior and lateral to Chengshan BL-57. It sits at the point where the Bladder channel begins to sweep outward toward the Gall Bladder channel.
Anatomy & fascia
The point lies in the muscle belly of the gastrocnemius, on the posterior aspect of the lower leg.
Needling
The golden tip
If you feel pressure or heaviness in the head, a blocked nose, or tension running up the back of the leg and into the neck, try finding Feiyang on the back of the lower leg — about two-thirds of the way down from the knee to the ankle, toward the outer side of the calf. Press firmly with your thumb for one to two minutes. It can also help with the dull ache of haemorrhoids when combined with gentle pressure on Chengshan BL-57 nearby.
For education only — not medical advice. Consult a qualified practitioner.