Atlas of Acupuncture

4.11 Gall Bladder Channel System – Foot shaoyang(zu shao yang jing luo)

Location

At the junction of the 2nd and 3rd quarter of an imaginary line

connecting ➞ST-8and ➞G.B.-7.

How to find

First, locate the two reference points: ➞ST-8(4.5 cun lateral to

the midline and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, at the corner

of the forehead) and ➞G.B.-7(in the depression on the level of

the apex of the ear, within the circumauricular temporal hairline).

Then divide the slightly curved line between these two points into

quarters and locate G.B.-5at the junction of the upper two quar-

ters with the lower two quarters. Generally, this point is located

on the level of the parietal suture, just within the hairline.

Needling

0.3–1.5 cun transversely (subcutaneously), tangentially along the

skull, in the direction of the occiput or towards the disorder/pain.

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind and Heat

● Opens the channel

Special features

Meeting point with the T.B., L.I. and ST channels

Suspended Skull XUANLU G.B.-5

G.B.-4

G.B.-7

ST-8 1 / 4

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T.B.-20
At the level of the apex,
on the circumauricular
hairline
G.B.-7 T.B.-20
Circumauricular
hairline
Frontal bone
Zygomatic arch
Occipital
bone
Temporal bone
Zygomatic bone
ST-8
Coronal suture
Parietal bone
Mandible
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