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Gallbladder Indications
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| GB 1** | eye problems of hot nature | local HA; anything with heat | SI and TW cross here; used with BL 1 |
| GB 2*** | opens and benefits the ears | OM; ear pain; tinnitus; facial paralysis; mumps; dislocation or motor impairment of the jaw (TMJ); | thread TW 21, SI 17, GB 2 |
| GB 3* | local | local | local |
| GB 4* | local | local | TW, ST, and LI cross at B 4, 5, 6 |
| GB 5* | local | local | local |
| GB 6* | local | local | local |
| GB 7* | local | local | BL crosses here |
| GB 8** | local | nausea and vomiting with HA; good for migraines; | BL crosses here; palpate and if sore needle; with LI 10 for hangovers |
| GB 9* | local | local | BL crosses here |
| GB 10* | local | local | BL crosses here |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| GB 11* | local | local | BL crosses here |
| GB 12** | local | local HA; insomnia; neck pain | BL crosses here; palpate with any head problem; one of the anmian points (peaceful sleep) |
| GB 13** | calms the mid; extinguishes internal head wind | mental disorders; vertigo; seizures; hemiplegia; psychosis; schizophrenia; irrational suspicion and jealousy; rigid thinking; obsessive thought; | yang wei crosses here |
| GB 14*** | eliminates wind and clears the vision | supraorbital neuralgia; HA including sinus HA; eye problems | TW, LI, ST, and yang wei cross here; |
| GB 15* | local | local | BL and yang wei cross here |
| GB 16* | local | local | yang wei crosses here |
| GB 17* | local | local | yang wei crosses here |
| GB 18* | local | local | yang wei crosses here |
| GB 19* | local | local | yang wei crosses here; palpate |
| GB 20**** | disperses interior or exterior wind; benefits hearing and vision; relieves exterior; sedates LV yang and clears LV heat and wind; GB 20 opens up the whole head | common colds in including wind heat or wind cold; anything with nasal obstruction; vertigo; occipital HA; stiff neck; hypertension (sedates LV yang); seizures; hemiplegia; very nice insomnia point; opened up whole head; too much studying because qi gets s | yang wei and TW crosses here; "wind pool"; with GB 21 for stiff neck; commonly used for stress; LV qi stagnation often manifests as GB stiffness in this area; with OPI use LI 4, LU 7, GV 14, BL 12; for high BP ST 9, LI 11, ST 36; with LV yang rising LV 3, |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| GB 21*** | clears and invigorates channels; revives consciousness; sends qi down; spreads LV qi; extinguish LV wind; benefits shoulder (local) | hemiplegia due to stroke; any motor impairment of the arm; mastitis; breast abscess; difficult labor | TW, ST, and yang wei cross here; with GB 39 and GB 20 for stiffness in the neck; avoid with organic HT problems because so moving |
| GB 22* | local | local | local |
| GB 23* | local | local | BL crosses here |
| GB 24*** | regulates function of LV and ST; regulates GB and transforms damp heat | intercostal neuralgia; colecystitis; jaundice; peptic ulcer; hepatitis; heartburn; pain in the hypochrondrium; check for herpes zoster; one of main points for gallstones, jaundice, hepatitis; for wood attacking earth; good for nausea and vomiting of the e | front mu point of; with GB 34 for GB damp heat |
| GB 25** | builds KD qi; regulates fluid pathways | nephritis; serious and/or chronic UTI; intercostal neuralgia; lumbago; KD stones; back pain from standing a lot because it wears on KD | front mu of the KD |
| GB 26*** | regulates the girdle channel (hold things in); alleviates damp heat from lower warmer | stops leucorrhoea; main point for vaginal discharges, especially heat or excess type; endometriosis (blood stagnation and maybe with damp heat); cystitis; irregular menstruation from damp heat; profuse uterine bleeding; inguinal hernia | dai mai crosses here; with SP 9 for damp heat GYN problems; with GB 41, TW 5 to hold things in and up; GB 20, GV 20, GB 41, TW 5 to stop bleeding/ with defic add SP 1/ with excess add LV 1; inguinal hernia use with some LV points as well |
| GB 27* | local | local | local |
| GB 28** | local | prolapsed uterus; pain of intestinal hernia; | dai mai crosses here; some scholars believe that the dai mai may begin here, perhaps because of the strong effect of this point on prolapsed uterus and intestinal hernias; deep needling is OK as you want to stimulate the broad uterine ligament |
| GB 29*** | relaxes muscles and tendons and stimulates channels; | hip, lumbar, and thigh; diseases of the hip joint and surrounding tissue; look there for endometriosis as the constricted qi may exacerbate these problems | yang qiao crosses |
| GB 30**** | benefits lower back and knees; clears the channels (GB); benefits the hip; the main point for sciatica; hip arthritis; very invigorating point | sciatica, especially lateral leg; numbness and paralysis of lower leg; diseases of hip joint and surrounding soft tissue | BL meridian crosses here; with lateral sciatica go right down GB meridian with 30, 31, 34, 39 |
| AcuPoint | Functions | Indications | Special Notes |
| GB 31* | dispels wind; strengthens tendons and bones | numbness; paralysis; skin itching; paralysis of lower limb; pain in low back and leg; numbness and stiffness of lower leg; hemiplegia of lower limb; | can be used with LI 11 and SP 10 |
| GB 32* | local | local | local |
| GB 33* | local | diseases of knee and surrounding soft tissue | can be a place of great stagnation and can help a great deal with knee pain |
| GB 34**** | benefits LV and GB; promotes the smooth flow of LV qi; clears and cools LV/GB damp heat; relaxes and strengthens the sinews; sedates LV yang; very moving for the meridian | major point for musculoskeletal problems; controversial main point for frozen shoulder; important sciatica point; hepatitis; cholecystitis; causes GB contractions and can expel gallstones; hypertension (LV yang rising type); intercostal neuralgia; herpes | he sea; earth point; meeting point of muscles and tendons; with ST 38 needled toward GB 34 for frozen shoulder; with LV frequently and for hypertension especially; with ST 40 and LU 5 hot and damp conditions; with TW 6 for shingles (shao yang connection), |
| GB 35* | local | local | local |
| GB 36** | local | rage; channel excess s/sx like high fever, excess sweating (thought to refer to rabies) | local |
| GB 37*** | regulates LV; clears the vision | main distal point for vision; any eye problems; blurry vision, itching eyes; pain in the eyes | luo point to LV; with LV 3 for any vision problems, also BL 1, BL 2, GB 1, GB 20 |
| GB 38** | drains excess in GB (damp or heat usually) | migraines; hemiplegia; sedation point (but GB 34 used more); whole body pain of excess type; | jing river; fire point (dispersion point); with GB 34 for malaria (shao yang disease - half in and half out); with SP 21, GB 34 for whole body pain |
| GB 39*** | dispels wind and damp in meridian; strengthens bones | stiff neck (with GB 20 and 21 locally); distal for migraines; hemiplegia (flaccid type); sciatica; distal point for knee; any pain in lower leg GB area and pain all three yang meridians of the leg (such as resulting from hemiplegia); leg qi syndrome from | meeting of three leg yang; influential point of bone marrow; with KD 6, SP 3, KD 3 for steaming bone disease (severe yin defic and consumptive disease); with GB 34 for ankle problems |
| GB 40*** | important ankle point; spreads LV qi and benefits the GB; clears the channels; | pain in chest and ribs; tidal fevers (shao yang pathology); cholecystitis; acid reflux; vomiting; distal sciatica point; disease of ankle and surrounding tissues; timidity is often listed as well | source point; with GB 34 for cholecystitis |
| GB 41*** | spreads and drains LV and GB; smoothes LV qi; clears and regulates the girdle channel; brightens eyes and sharpens vision; good distal point for the head | HA; migraines; menstrual HA from dai channel connection; vertigo; conjunctivitis (GB 37 better); mastitis; irregular menstruation; good for pregnancy pain when the tendons and ligaments stretch too early (quite painful); | master/confluent point of dai mai; with TW 5 for temporal HA; with GB 26 for GYN problems ; paired with TW 5 for yang wei for HA with GB 20, GV 20, LV 3; with GB 28 for uterine prolapse |
| GB 42* | local | local | local |
| GB 43** | clear GB excess; clears heat | local | ying spring; water point |
| GB 44** | brings energy down from head; disperses wind and fire; clears sensory orifices | migraines; HA; intercostal neuralgia; violent nightmares |