Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Gallbladder Channel with the Yang Motility Vessel
Activates the channel and alleviates painBenefits the hip joint
Pain and numbness in the thigh and lumbar region, paralysis, muscular atrophy of the lower limbs.
Where is GB-29 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 446): On the lateral aspect of the hip joint, at the midpoint of a line drawn between the anterior superior iliac spine and the prominence of the greater trochanter.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 217): In the depression of the midpoint between the anterosuperior iliac spine and the prominence of the great trochanter.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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