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

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 3 cùn 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.

Classic location: At the pulsating vessel three cùn above the outer ankle; feel for the tip of the bone. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: See GB-37.

Action: Discharges gallbladder fire; clears marrow heat; expels wind damp from the channels and network vessels.

Modern indications: Stiff nape; distension and pain in the chest and rib-side; wilting-impediment (wěi bì) of the lower limbs; painful swollen throat; leg qì (jiǎo qì, beriberi): hemorrhoids.

Classic indications: Heat in the stomach; dry nose; nosebleed; throat impediment (hóu bì); stiff nape; cough and counterflow; hypertonicity of the sinews; the five stranguries; saber lumps; axillary swelling; generalized heaviness due to wind taxation; inability to lift the limbs; worry and anger.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.4‒0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

Needle sensation: Distension and numbness spreading toward the foot.

Point groups: Meeting point (huì xué) of the marrow.

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