Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

On the posterior aspect of the head, at the upper border of the

external occipital protuberance (➞Du-17) and 2.25 cun lateral

to the midline.

How to find

First, locate the external occipital protuberance (➞3.1.5), which

can be palpated as a flat protruding area on the midline. Next,

find ➞Du-17in the depressoin just superior to the protuber-

ance. From there, measure 2.25 cun in a lateral direction and

locate G.B.-19on the curved line connecting ➞G.B.-15and

➞G.B.-20, an extension of the pupil line (➞2.25 cun lateral to

the midline or midway between ➞Du-24and ➞ST-8). For ori-

entation: G.B.-19is located approximately 2.5 cun superior to

the posterior hairline (➞3.1.5) and approximately 1.5 cun supe-

rior to ➞G.B.-20(on the lower border of the occiput, between

the origins of the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles).

Needling

0.3–1.5 cun transversely (subcutaneously) towards the occiput

or the site of the disorder/pain.

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind

● Clears the sensory orifices

● Opens the luo-connecting vessels

Special features

Meeting point with the yang wei mai

Brain Hollow NAOKONG G.B.-19

Du-17

Du-16 G.B.-20

External

occipital

protuberance

2.25 cun

G.B.-19

Pupil line

1,5 cun

G.B.-20

G.B.-12 Du-15

G.B.-19 BL-9Du-17

Du-20

BL-8

G.B.-8

Du-16

Du-19

Du-18

BL-10

Du-17

Du-16

External

occipital

protuberance

1.5 cun

ST-8

Chewing movement

still palpable

Temporalis

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