Atlas of Acupuncture

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

4.11 Gall Bladder Channel

System – Foot shaoyang

(zu shao yang jing luo)

4.11.1 The Gall Bladder Primary

Channel (zu shao yang jing)

From G.B.-1, the external pathwayruns to G.B.-2(tinghui) in

front of the ear

➡ascends to the forehead and ST-8(touwei)

➡traverses the temporal region in a slight curve, passing

G.B.-1

Du-14

G.B-44

25

30

35

(LIV-1)

ST-30

LIV-13

ST-12

ST-9

ST-6

ST-5

ST-7

T.B.-17

S.I.-19

T.B.-20

(T.B.-23)

ST-8

G.B.-21

G.B.-21

ST-15* S.I.-12

Du-1*

BL-34*

BL-33*

BL-32*

BL-31*

T.B.-22

* According to Deadman

et al 1998.

Pathway

The Gall Bladder primary channel begins at G.B.-1(tongziliao)

at the outer canthus of the eye. This point is reached by a small

branchwhich separates from the Triple Burner primary channel

at ➞T.B.-23(sizhukong) on the frontozygomatic suture, accord-

ing to some authors at ➞T.B.-22(hand–foot pairing of the third

great circuit, Yang axes: shaoyang).

Mastoid

process

Transverse

process of

the atlas

1/4

1/41/4

1/4

G.B.-1

G.B.-2

G.B.-3

G.B.-12

G.B.-4 G.B.-8G.B.-9

5

(^67)
ST-8
T.B.-20
10
11
G.B.-20
G.B.-19
G.B.-16G.B.-17G.B.-18
G.B.-15
G.B.-14
G.B.-13
G.B.-21
G.B.-12
7
4
11
10
1
C1
Du-15
Sternocleido-
mastoid
Splenius
capitis
Trapezius,
superior
fibres
Atlas
Axis
Occiput Du-16
Du-14
BL-10 BL-10
1st palpable
spinous
process
G.B.-20 G.B.-20
Semispinalis
capitis
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