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GB-34 Yáng Mound Spring
阳陵泉 〔陽陵泉〕yáng líng quán
Alternate names: 筋会 jīn huì, Sinews’ Meeting; 阳陵 yáng líng, Yang Mound; 阳之陵泉 yáng zhī líng quán, Yang's Mound Spring; 足少阳所入 zú shào yáng suǒ rù,
Channel: GB, Foot Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Gallbladder Channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the lower leg, in the depression immediately anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
Classic location: One cùn below the knee, in the depression on the outer face of the shin. The point is found in squatting posture. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)
Local anatomy: The inferior lateral genicular artery and vein. Just where the common peroneal nerve bifurcates into the superficial and deep peroneal nerves.
Action: Soothes the sinews; clears gallbladder heat; expels wind from the knee and legs; courses dampness and stagnation in the channels and network vessels.
Modern indications: Rib-side pain; bitter taste in the mouth; retching and vomiting; wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; leg qì (jiǎo qì, beriberi); jaundice; child fright wind.
Classic indications: Fullness in the chest and rib-side; bitter taste in the mouth; sighing; urinary incontinence; constipation; headache; wind stroke hemiplegia; swelling of the mouth, tongue, throat, head or face; sinews diseases.
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.8‒1.2 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5‒7 cones; pole 20‒30 min.
Point groups: Uniting (hé) (earth) point; meeting point (huì xué) of the sinews; one of