Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

1.5 cun directly superior to the apex of the ear (➞T.B.-20) and

0.5 cun posterior to ➞G.B.-8. The point is approximately supe-

rior to the posterior margin of the ear.

How to find

First, locate ➞G.B.-81.5 cun superior to the apex of the ear.

The latter becomes more clearly defined by folding the auricle

towards the anterior so that the posterior part of the upper helix

covers its anterior part. From ➞G.B.-8, measure 0.5 cun in a

posterior direction and there locate G.B.-9. Similar to ➞G.B.-8,

G.B.-9is located in a slight ‘dip’ in the bone.

Both G.B.-9and ➞G.B.-12(in the depression posterior and

inferior to the mastoid process) are reference points for a curved

line that runs approximately parallel to the posterior margin of

the ear within the hairline. When dividing this line into thirds,

➞G.B.-10and ➞G.B.-11are located at the junctions of the

thirds.

Needling

0.5–1.5 cun transversely (subcutaneously) towards the occiput

or the site of the pain.

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind and Heat

● Opens the luo-connecting vessels

● Calms the shen

Special features

Meeting point with the BL channel; Window of Heaven point

according to some authors.

Heavenly Rushing TIANCHONG G.B.-9

T.B.-20

G.B.-9

1.5 cun

0.5 cun

G.B.-10

G.B.-12

G.B.-11

1 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 3

Approximately

level with the apex

Approximately level

with the helix root

Mastoid

process

G.B.-8

S.I.-19T.B.-21

G.B.-2

G.B.-12

T.B.-17

Ma 7

G.B.-14

G.B.-8

G.B.-20

S.I.-18

T.B.-20

G.B.-1Ex-HN-5

G.B.-11 G.B.-19

T.B.-23

Ex-HN(anmian)

T.B.-17

Helix root

T.B.-22

T.B.-21

S.I.-19

G.B.-2

Transverse process

of the atlas

Intertragic notch

Tragus

Supratragic notch

T.B.-20

G.B.-10

G.B.-11

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1 / 3

(^1) /
Approximately level
with the apex
Approximately level
with the helix root
G.B.-11
1 / 3
1 / 3
with the apex
Approximately level
with the helix root
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