Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Gallbladder and Sanjiao Channels with the Yang Motility and Yang Linking Vessels
Eliminates windBenefits the head and eyes Clears the sense organs Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Headache, vertigo, insomnia, pain and stiffness of the neck, blurred vision, glaucoma, red and painful eyes, tinnitus, convulsion, epilepsy, infantile convulsion, febrile diseases, common cold, nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea.
Where is GB-20 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 436): Below the occiput, approximately midway between Fengfu DU-16 and Wangu GB-12, in the hollow between the origins of the sternomastoid and trapezius muscles.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 213): In the depression between the upper portion of m. sternocleidomastoideus and m. trapezius, on the same level with Fengfu (GV 16).
Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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