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Alternate names: 胆募 dǎn mù, Gallbladder Alarm; 神光 shén guāng, Spirit Light

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

Modern location: An acupoint located on the chest, in the seventh intercostal space, as close to the midclavicular line as the costal cartilage will allow.

Classic location: Five fēn below Cycle Gate (LR-14). (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: The 7th intercostal artery and vein. The 7th intercostal nerve.

Action: Courses gallbladder and qì; transforms damp-heat; harmonizes the central burner.

Modern indications: Retching and vomiting; acid swallowing; pain in the chest and rib-side; jaundice.

Classic indications: Pain in the ribs; pain in the stomach duct; retching and vomiting; acid swallowing; jaundice; belching; abdominal distension; hypersomnia; sighing and sorrowfulness; heat in the smaller abdomen.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn oblique insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 10‒20 min.

Point groups: Alarm point (mù xué) of the gallbladder; intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the gallbladder and spleen channels.

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