Gallbladder
GB41
足临泣 · Zulinqi
Foot Governor of Tears
Top of the foot, opening point of the Dai vessel.
Shu-stream · Wood point of the Gallbladder · Opens the Dai vessel
System
- Channel
- Gallbladder (GB)
- Element
- Wood
- Yin or yang
- yang
- Organ system
- Gallbladder
- Region
- Foot
- Limb rule
- Foot Shaoyang
Where it is
On the top of the foot, in the hollow just past the junction of the 4th and 5th metatarsals, between the tendons.
Nearby: Tendons of the little-toe side of the foot. A small hollow.
Traditionally said to
Shu-stream and wood point. Opening point of the Dai vessel. Taught for temporal headache, outer-foot pain, and the belt-vessel idea of a tight waist.
What people look up
Acupressure
Thumb in the hollow toward the ankle, 30–45 seconds.
When not to press: Skip if the top of the foot is swollen or the bones were recently broken.
About 30–90 seconds is the usual window, unless the step above is shorter. Stop if pain, dizziness, or anything unusual shows up.
Licensed practice only
Needle depth, angle, electroacupuncture
Textbook language for students. Not instructions. A cun is a body-inch on that person, not a ruler inch. Do not needle yourself.
Depth
Common textbook range: about 0.3–0.5 cun perpendicular.
Angle
Perpendicular, between the fourth and fifth metatarsals.
Electroacupuncture
Introductory charts rarely assign a standard electroacupuncture setting here. Clinics that use current choose frequency and intensity for that person. No milliamp figure is given, because copying one would be misleading.
Nearby on this channel
Mound of Ruins
Front of the outer ankle, Gallbladder source point.
Use caution
Suspended Bell
Above the outer ankle, influential point of marrow.
Yang Mound Spring
Outer leg below the knee, the sinew influential point.
Use caution
Jumping Circle
Side of the buttock, the hip point for lateral leg pain.
Use caution
Herbs often paired for a similar pattern
Tags
zulinqi · dai · top of foot