Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

3 cun lateral to ➞Du-24(on the midline, 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) and

there locate ➞Du-24on the midline and 0.5 cun within the hair-

line. G.B.-13is located on the same level, 3 cun lateral to the

midline, measured in proportional cun based on the distance

➞ST-8to ➞Du-24(
4.5 cun, 2.2). Divide this distance into

thirds and locate G.B.-13one third of the distance from ST-8.

Located at the same level (0.5 cun within the anterior hairline) are

➞Du-24/BL-3/BL-4/G.B.-15/ST-8(on the midline/superior to

the inner canthus of the eye/1.5 cun lateral to the midline/on the

pupil line or 2.25 cun lateral to the midline/on the corner of the

forehead).

Needling

0.5–0.8 cun transversely (subcutaneously) towards the occiput.

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind

● Calms the shen

● Benefits the eyes

Special features

Meeting point with the yang wei mai

Spirit Root BENSHEN G.B.-13

Hairline

Midline

0.5 cun

3 cun

(^2) / 3 1 / 3
G.B.-13
G.B.-15
ST-8
Du-24
1,5 cun
BL-2
Ex-HN-4
BL-1
G.B.-14
Ex-HN-3
G.B.-13
T.B.-23
Du-24
G.B.-15
G.B.-1
ST-8 BL-4
BL-3
BL-5 Du-23
T.B.-21
S.I.-19
Ma 7 G.B.-2
G.B.-14
G.B.-13
G.B.-8
G.B.-18
Du-20
G.B.-20
S.I.-18
T.B.-20
G.B.-1Ex-HN-5
G.B.-11 G.B.-19
ST-8
T.B.-23
ST-8
Chewing movement
still palpable
Temporalis
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