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Channel: GB, foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) gallbladder channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the head, slightly posterior to the temporal hairline, three quarters of the distance from ST-8 (tóu wéi) to GB-7 (jiǎo sūn) along the line connecting these two points.

Classical location: On the curved hairline in the lower margin of the temples. From The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸甲乙经 zhēn jiǔ jiǎ yǐ jīng)

Local anatomy: See GB-4.

Action: Courses wind and quickens the network vessels; frees the orifices and moves qì.

Modern indications: Hemilateral headache; painful red swollen eyes; toothache; pain in the outer canthus.

Classical indications: Tinnitus; sneezing; painful reddening of the outer canthus; absence of sweating in febrile disease; facial swelling and reddening; hemilateral headache.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.2‒0.3 cùn backward transverse insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 5‒10 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the hand and foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) (TB and GB) and stomach channels.

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