Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Gallbladder and Bladder Channels
Eliminates wind, benefits the head and alleviates painCalms the spirit
Headache, insomnia, swelling of the cheek, retroauricular pain, deviation of the eye and mouth, toothache.
Where is GB-12 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 430): In the depression just posterior and inferior to the mastoid process.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 211): In the depression posterior and inferior to the mastoid process.
Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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