Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

With the patient looking straight ahead, directly superior to the

pupil and 0.5 cun superior to the anterior hairline.

How to find

First, locate the anterior hairline (➞3.1.1, with hairloss: when

the patient frowns, the anterior hairline is marked by the border

between the creased forehead and the smooth skin above). With

the patient looking straight ahead, G.B.-15is located 0.5 cun

superior to the anterior hairline and directly superior to the

pupil. G.B.-15can also be described as being located midway

between ➞Du-24(on the midline) and ➞ST-8(4.5 cun lateral

to the midline, on the corner of the forehead).

Located on the same level (0.5 cun within the anterior hairline)

are ➞ Du-24/BL-3/BL-4/G.B.-13/ST-8 (on the midline/

superior to the inner canthus of the eye/1.5 cun lateral to the

midline/3 cun lateral to the midline or one third of the distance

from ➞ST-8(on the corner of the forehead) to ➞Du-24.

Needling

Transversely (subcutaneously) 0.3–0.5 cun

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind

● Opens the eyes and nasal passages

● Calms the shen

Special features

Meeting point with the yang wei mai, also with the BL channel

according to some authors.

Head Governor of Tears TOULINQI G.B.-15

Hairline

Midline

0.5 cun

2.25 cun

(^1) / 2
G.B.-13
G.B.-15
ST-8
Du-24
2.25 cun
(^1) / 2
Pupil line
BL-4
BL-6
BL-5
BL-7
BL-8
G.B.-18
G.B.-17
G.B.-16
G.B.-15
Du-20
Du-21
Du-22
Du-23
BL-3
Du-24 Hairline
ST-8
Chewing movement
still palpable
Temporalis
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