Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang
Spreads Liver QiClears Gall Bladder heat
Pain of the canthus, tinnitus, distending pain of the breast, swelling and pain of the dorsum of foot.
Where is GB-42 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 462): Between the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones, in the depression proximal to the metatarsal heads, on the medial side of the tendon of m. extensor digitorum longus (branch to little toe).
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 221): Posterior to the fourth metatarsophalangeal joint, between the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, on the medial side of the tendon of m. extensor digiti minimi of foot.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.
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