Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Gallbladder Channel with the Yang Linking Vessel
Benefits the head and alleviates painPacifies wind and clears the sense organs
Headache, stiffness of the neck, vertigo, painful eyes, tinnitus, epilepsy.
Where is GB-19 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 435): In the occipital region, directly above Fengchi GB-20, level with Naohu DU-17.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 213): On the head and on the level of the upper border of external occipital protuberance or Naohu (DU-17), 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head.
Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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