Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

On the lateral aspect of the knee. With the knee flexed, in the

depression between the shaft and the lateral epicondyle and the

tendon of the biceps femoris muscle, approximately 3 cun prox-

imal to ➞G.B.-34.

How to find

This point is best located with the patient’s knee flexed. On the

level of the lateral upper border of the patella, palpate in a lateral

direction towards the thigh and palpate for the distal end of the

lateral epicondyle of the femur. Then locate G.B.-33in a clearly

palpable depression between the epicondyle and the tendon of

the biceps femoris muscle. The latter runs along the lateral

aspect of the leg (along the line of an imaginary trouser seam)

and attaches inferior to the knee joint at the head of the fibula.

➞G.B.-34is located 3 cun more distal, ➞ST-34is located 2

cun proximal to the lateral upper border of the patella.

Needling

Vertically 1–2 cun

Actions/Indications

● Opens the channel

● Relaxes the tendons

Knee Yang Gate XIYANGGUAN G.B.-33

G.B.-33

Biceps

femoris

2 cun

ST-34

Upper border

of the patella

Quadriceps

femoris

G.B.-34 Head of the fibula

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