Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Gallbladder Channel with the Girdling Vessel
Regulates the Girdling vesselRegulates the lower jiao and transforms stagnation
Leukorrhea, lower abdominal pain, lumbar pain, hernia, constipation.
Where is GB-27 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 444): In the depression just anterior to the anterior superior iliac spine, approximately level with Guanyuan REN-4 (3 cun below the umbilicus).
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 216): In the lateral side of the abdomen, anterior to the superior iliac spine, 3 cun below the level of the umbilicus.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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