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This is the Acupoints section of CMD, which presents 400 or so channel and nonchannel points with location, classical location, local anatomy, indications, traditional indications, needling depth, stimulus, and point groups they belong to, and the meanings of their Chinese names. Links to the Dictionary table are provided.

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GB, Foot Lesser Y谩ng (sh脿o y谩ng) Gallbladder Channel Points

  • GB-4 棰斿帉 銆旈牱鍘昲脿n y脿n, Forehead Fullness
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the head, slightly posterior to the temporal hairline, one quarter of the distance from ST-8 to GB-7 along a line connecting these two points.
    Modern indications: Hemilateral headache; dizzy vision; toothache; epilepsy; pain in the outer canthus.
  • GB-5 鎮 銆旀嚫椤便晉u谩n l煤, Suspended Skull
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the head, slightly posterior to the temporal hairline, midway between ST-8 and GB-7 along a line connecting these two points.
    Modern indications: Hemilateral headache; painful red swollen eyes; toothache; pain in the outer canthus.
  • GB-6 鎮帢 銆旀嚫鍘樸晉u谩n l铆, Suspended Tuft
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the head, slightly posterior to the temporal hairline, three quarters of the distance from ST-8 (t贸u w茅i) to GB-7 (ji菐o s奴n) along the line connecting these two points.
    Modern indications: Hemilateral headache; painful red swollen eyes; toothache; pain in the outer canthus.
  • GB-7 鏇查瑩 銆旀洸楝€晀奴 b矛n, Temporal Hairline Curve
    Modern location: In the temporal region, at the intersection of a line drawn upward from the posterior margin of the preauricular hairline (i.e., the posterior margin of the sideburn) and a horizontal line drawn just above the top of the ear.
    Modern indications: Headache; toothache; clenched jaw; fulminant loss of voice; pain in the temporal region; swelling of the cheek and submandibular region.
  • GB-10 娴櫧 銆旀诞鐧姐昮煤 b谩i, Floating White
    Modern location: Posterior to the ear, in the depression about one third of the distance from GB-9 (ti膩n ch艒ng) to GB-12 (w谩n g菙) on a line connecting these two points.
    Modern indications: Headache; tinnitus; deafness; eye pain; goiter.
  • GB-13 鏈 銆旀湰绁炪昩臎n sh茅n, Root Spirit
    Modern location: On the superolateral aspect of the head, 0.5 c霉n within the anterior hairline, one third of the distance from ST-8 to the midline (i.e., GV-24).
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; epilepsy; child fright wind.
  • GB-16 鐩獥 銆旂洰绐椼昺霉 chu膩ng, Eye Window
    Modern location: On the superolateral aspect of the head, 2.0 c霉n within the anterior hairline on the line connecting GB-15 (t贸u l铆n q铆) and GB-20 (f膿ng ch铆).
    Modern indications: Headache; painful red swollen eyes; clear-eye blindness; nasal congestion; epilepsy; painful swelling of the face.
  • GB-18 鎵跨伒 銆旀壙闈堛昪h茅ng l铆ng, Spirit Support
    Modern location: On the superolateral aspect of the head, 5.0 c霉n within the anterior hairline on the line connecting GB-15 (t贸u l铆n q铆) and GB-20 (f膿ng ch铆).
    Modern indications: Headache; dizziness; nasal congestion; sniveling nose; nosebleed.
  • GB-19 鑴戠┖ 銆旇叇绌恒昻菐o k艒ng, Brain Hollow
    Modern location: On the back of the head, in a sizable depression lateral to the external occipital protuberance (eop), directly above GB-20 (f膿ng ch铆).
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; mania and withdrawal; epilepsy; painful stiffness of the neck and nape.
  • GB-20 椋庢睜 銆旈ⅷ姹犮昮膿ng ch铆, Wind Pool
    Modern location: On the posterior aspect of the neck, below the occipital bone, in the large depression between the trapezius and the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; painful red swollen eyes; deep-source nasal congestion; snivelingand nosebleed; tinnitus; painful stiffness of the neck and nape; common cold; epilepsy; wind stroke; goiter; febrile disease; malarial disease; goiter.
  • GB-21 鑲╀簳 銆旇偐浜曘昷i膩n j菒ng, Shoulder Well
    Modern location: On the superior aspect of the shoulder, midway between the seventh cervical vertebra and the high point of the acromioclavicular articulation.
    Modern indications: Headache and stiff nape; shoulder and back pain; inability to move the arm; mammary welling-abscess (r菙 y艒ng); breast milk stoppage; difficult delivery; scrofula.
  • GB-24 鏃ユ湀 銆旀棩鏈堛時矛 yu猫, Sun and Moon
    Modern location: On the chest, in the seventh intercostal space, as close to the midclavicular line as the costal cartilage will allow.
    Modern indications: Vomiting and retching; acid swallowing; pain in the chest and rib-side; jaundice.
  • GB-26 甯﹁剦 銆斿付鑴堛昫脿i m脿i, Girdling Vessel
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the abdomen, straight below to the tip of the 11th rib (LR-13) at the level of the umbilicus.
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; amenorrhea; menstrual irregularities; vaginal discharge; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); lumbar and rib-side pain.
  • GB-27 浜旀灑 銆斾簲妯炪晈菙 sh奴, Fifth Pivot
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, 3 c霉n inferior to the level of the umbilicus, medially adjacent to the anterior superior iliac spine (asis).
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); vaginal discharge; constipation; y墨n protrusion (prolapse of the uterus).
  • GB-28 缁撮亾 銆旂董閬撱晈茅i d脿o, Linking Path
    Modern location: On the smaller abdomen, 0.5 c霉n inferior and slightly medial to GB-27, at the inferior border of the anterior superior iliac spine (asis), or the top of the groin .
    Modern indications: Abdominal pain; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia); vaginal discharge; y墨n protrusion (prolapse of the uterus).
  • GB-29 灞呴珟 銆斿眳楂庛昷奴 li谩o, Squatting Bone-Hole
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the hip, in the body of the tensor fascia lata muscle, midway between the anterior superior iliac spine (asis) and the prominence of the greater trochanter.
    Modern indications: Lumbar pain; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; mounting q矛 (sh脿n q矛, inguinal hernia).
  • GB-31 椋庡競 銆旈ⅷ宸裤昮膿ng sh矛, Wind Market
    Modern location: On the midline of the lateral aspect of the thigh, 7 c霉n superior to the level of the popliteal crease, in the vastus lateralis muscle at the anterior edge of the iliotibial tract.
    Modern indications: Wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; generalized itching; leg q矛 (ji菐o q矛, beriberi).
  • GB-32 涓笌 銆斾腑鐎嗐晍h艒ng d煤, Central River
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the thigh, 5 c霉n superior to the level of the popliteal crease, in the vastus lateralis muscle, between the posterior edge of the iliotibial tract and the biceps femoris muscle.
    Modern indications: Wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs.
  • GB-33 鑶濋槼鍏 銆旇啙闄介棞銆晉墨 y谩ng gu膩n, Knee Y谩ng Joint
    Modern location: On the lateral side of the knee, in the space that forms proximal to the lateral condyle of the tibia when the knee is bent about ninety degrees. the depression is superior to the biceps femoris tendon and inferior to the lateral condyle of the femur.
    Modern indications: Painful swelling of the knee; hypertonicity of the popliteal sinews; numbness and tingling of the lower leg.
  • GB-34 闃抽櫟娉 銆旈櫧闄垫硥銆晊谩ng l铆ng qu谩n, Y谩ng Mound Spring
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, in the depression immediately anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
    Modern indications: Rib-side pain; bitter taste in the mouth; vomiting and retching; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; leg q矛 (ji菐o q矛, beriberi); jaundice; child fright wind.
  • GB-35 闃充氦 銆旈櫧浜ゃ晊谩ng ji膩o, Y谩ng Intersection
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 7 c霉n superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the posterior edge of the peroneus longus muscle in the groove between the peroneus and the soleus muscles.
    Modern indications: Distension and fullness in the chest and rib-side; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; mania and withdrawal.
  • GB-36 澶栦笜 銆斿涓樸晈脿i qi奴, Outer Hill
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 7 c霉n superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the anterior edge of the peroneus brevis muscle.
    Modern indications: Distension and fullness in the chest and rib-side; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; mania and withdrawal.
  • GB-37 鍏夋槑 銆斿厜鏄庛昰u膩ng m铆ng, Bright Light
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 5 c霉n superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the anterior edge of the peroneus brevis muscle.
    Modern indications: Eye pain; night blindness; distension and pain of the breast; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs.
  • GB-38 闃宠緟 銆旈櫧杓斻晊谩ng f菙, Y谩ng Assistance
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 4 c霉n superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the anterior edge of the peroneus brevis muscle.
    Modern indications: Hemilateral headache; pain in the outer canthus; scrofula; axillary swelling and pain; leg q矛 (ji菐o q矛, beriberi); painful swollen throat; distention and pain in the chest and rib-side: wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs.
  • GB-39 鎮挓 銆旀嚫閻樸晉u谩n zh艒ng, Suspended Bell
    Modern location: On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 3 c霉n superior to the tip of the lateral malleolus, immediately posterior to the lateral crest of the fibula in the narrow space between the bone and the peroneus brevis tendon.
    Modern indications: Stiff nape; distension and pain in the chest and rib-side; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; painful swollen throat; leg q矛 (ji菐o q矛, beriberi): hemorrhoids.
  • GB-40 涓樺 銆斾笜澧熴晀i奴 x奴, Hill Ruins
    Modern location: Anterior to the lateral malleolus, in the hollow on the lateral side of the extensor digitorum longus tendon.
    Modern indications: Distension and pain in the chest and rib-side; wilting-impediment (w臎i b矛) of the lower limbs; malarial disease.
  • GB-41 瓒充复娉 銆旇冻鑷ㄦ常銆晍煤 l铆n q矛, Foot Overlooking Tears
    Modern location: On the dorsal aspect of the foot, between the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, on the lateral (proximal) side of the extensor digitorum longus tendon that attaches to the little toe.
    Modern indications: Painful red swollen eyes; rib-side pain; menstrual irregularities; enuresis; mammary welling-abscess (r菙 y艒ng); scrofula; painful swelling of the dorsum of the foot; malarial disease.
  • GB-42 鍦颁簲浼 銆斿湴浜旀渻銆昫矛 w菙 hu矛, Earth Fivefold Convergence
    Modern location: On the dorsal aspect of the foot, between the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, on the medial (distal) side of the extensor digitorum tendon that attaches to the little toe.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; red eyes; tinnitus; rib-side pain; mammary welling-abscess (r菙 y艒ng); vomiting of blood (blood ejection) from internal damage; redness and swelling dorsum of the foot.
  • GB-43 渚犳邯 銆斾繝璋裤晉i谩 x墨, Pinched Ravine
    Modern location: On the dorsal aspect of the foot, proximal to the margin of the web between the fourth and fifth toes, level with the metatarsophalangeal (mtp) articulation of the fourth toe.
    Modern indications: Headache; dizzy vision; tinnitus; deafness; painful red swollen eyes; rib-side pain; febrile disease; mammary welling-abscess (r菙 y艒ng).