Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Gallbladder and Bladder Channels
Unbinds the chest and lowers rebellionRegulates Qi in the three jiao
Fullness of the chest, pain in the hypochondriac region, asthma.
Where is GB-23 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 440): Below the axilla in the fifth intercostal space, 1 cun anterior to Yuanye GB-22, approximately at the level of the nipple.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 215): 1 cun anterior to Yuanye (GB 22), at the level of the nipple, in the 4th intercostal space.
Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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