Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

In the depression medial to the anterior superior iliac spine

(ASIS), approximately 3 cun inferior to the umbilicus.

How to find

First, locate the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS ➞3.5) by

palpating along the upper border of the iliac crest in an anterior

and inferior direction. At its anterior end, the ASIS can be pal-

pated as a bony ridge on the lateral aspect of the lower abdomen.

Locate G.B.-27in a depression anterior and medial to the ASIS.

➞G.B.-28is located approximately 0.5 cun inferior and medial

to G.B.-27.

Located approximately on the same level (3 cun inferior to the

umbilicus) are ➞Ren-4/KID-13/ST-28(on the midline/0.5 cun

lateral to the midline/2 cun lateral to the midline).

Needling

Vertically 1–1.5 cun. Caution during pregnancy.

Actions/Indications

● Strengthens the Kidneys

● Regulates the dai mai

● Regulates the Triple Burner

Special features

Meeting point with the dai mai

Fifth Pivot WUSHU G.B.-27

G.B.- 27

Iliac crest

Anterior

superior

iliac spine

Umbilicus

3 cun

G.B.-28

0.5 cun

G.B.-27

G.B.-31

G.B.-32

13

14

15

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Highest

prominence of

the greater

trochanter

6 cun

G.B.-30

G.B.-28 G.B.-29

G.B.-27

BL-37

BL-36

Anterior superior

iliac spine

G.B.-27 Anterior

superior iliac

spine

G.B.-28

0.5 cun

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