Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

Posterior to the ear, at the junction of the lower third with the

two upper thirds of the curved line connecting ➞G.B.-9and

➞G.B.-12.

How to find

First, locate ➞G.B.-9(1.5 cun superior to the apex of the ear and

0.5 cun in a posterior direction). Then locate ➞G.B.-12in a

depression posterior and inferior to the mastoid process

(➞3.1.4). These two points are the endpoints of a curved line

that runs approximately parallel to the posterior margin of the ear

within the hairline. Divide this line into thirds and locate G.B.-11

at the junction of the middle and the lower third. At this point, a

small ‘dip’ often can be felt in the bone. For reference: G.B.-11

is located at the midpoint between a line connecting

➞G.B.-10and ➞G.B.-12and is generally on the level of the

root of the helix.

➞T.B.-19is located on the same level, directly posterior to the

helix.

Needling

Transversely (subcutaneously) 0.5–0.8 cun

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind and Damp-Heat

● Opens the ears and the eyes

● Moves the (Liver) Qi and Blood

Special features

Meeting point with the BL channel, also with the S.I. and T.B.

channels according to some authors.

Head Portal Yin TOUQIAOYIN G.B.-11

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
Mastoid
process
G.B.-8
Approximately level
with the apex
Approximately level
with the helix root
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)
9 3
2
T.B.-19
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