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Channel: GB, Foot Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Gallbladder Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the superolateral aspect of the head, 5.0 cùn within the anterior hairline on the line connecting GB-15 (tóu lín qí) and GB-20 (fēng chí).

Classic location: One cùn and five fēn behind Upright provisioning (GB-17). (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: The branches of the occipital artery and vein. The branch of the great occipital nerve.

Action: Clears the gallbladder and drains heat; diffuses the lung and frees the orifices.

Modern indications: Headache; dizziness; nasal congestion; sniveling nose; nosebleed.

Classic indications: Brain wind headache; heat effusion with aversion to cold; sniveling and nosebleed; nasal congestion; dizziness; eye pain.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn backward transverse insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the gallbladder channel and yáng linking vessel (yáng wéi mài).

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