Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Gallbladder, Bladder, Small Intestine and Sanjiao Channels
Clears the head and benefits the sense organsActivates the channel and alleviates pain
Pain of the head and neck, tinnitus, deafness, pain in the ears.
Where is GB-11 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 429): Posterior to the ear, along a curved line drawn from Tianchong GB-9 to Wangu GB-12 running within the hairline and more or less parallel to the line of the rim of the ear, in a depression slightly greater than two thirds of the distance between Tianchong GB-9 and Wangu GB-12.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 211): Posterior and superior to the mastoid process, at the junction of middle third and lower third of the curved line connecting Tianchong (GB-9) and Wangu (GB-12).
Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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