wood · yang
Gallbladder GB
足少阳胆经
Zu Shaoyang Dan Jing
Zigzags around the side of the head, descends the neck and the side of the trunk, crosses the hip, and runs down the side of the leg to the fourth toe.
Yang wood channel, paired with Liver. GB41 opens the Dai vessel.
- The side of the head and body
- Decision and sinews, in teaching language
- Neck and shoulder
- Migraine-pattern headaches people look up
- Organ system
- Gallbladder
- Teaching clock
- 11 p.m.–1 a.m.
Paired with Liver.
Points in this atlas
10 of 44 classical numbers. Add the missing ones in order beside their neighbors.
Pupil Crevice
Outer corner of the eye. Fingertip only.
Use caution
Leading Valley
Above the ear, a temple-headache landmark.
Yang White
Forehead, just above the eyebrow.
Wind Pool
The skull-base hollows for neck headache and “wind.”
Use caution
Shoulder Well
Top of the shoulder muscle. Not for pregnancy self-care.
Traditionally avoided in pregnancy
Jumping Circle
Side of the buttock, the hip point for lateral leg pain.
Use caution
Yang Mound Spring
Outer leg below the knee, the sinew influential point.
Use caution
Suspended Bell
Above the outer ankle, influential point of marrow.
Mound of Ruins
Front of the outer ankle, Gallbladder source point.
Use caution
Foot Governor of Tears
Top of the foot, opening point of the Dai vessel.
Herbs that enter Gallbladder
Bupleurum root
Soothes liver qi and is the shaoyang herb.
Szechuan lovage
Moves qi and blood and is the head herb in many pain formulas.
Scutellaria root
Clears heat and dries damp, especially in the upper burner and the gut.
Forsythia fruit
Clears heat-toxin and is usually written with honeysuckle.
Aucklandia root
Aromatic, moves qi, and is aimed at intestinal pain and tenesmus in texts.
Spiny jujube seed
The seed students learn first for sleep.