gall bladder meridian of foot shao yang
functions
The Gall Bladder belongs to the wood phase and its two principal functions are to store and excrete bile and to rule courage, decision-making and judgement. It is by virtue of these functions as well as the channel pathways discussed above, that many of the actions and indications of the points of the Gall Bladder channel can be explained. These can be summarised as:
• treating disorders of the eyes, especially those due to exterior wind-heat or Liver and Gall Bladder channel heat.
• treating disorders of the ear, especially those due to exterior wind-heat or Liver and Gall Bladder channel heat.
• treating headaches, especially one-sided headaches affecting the shaoyang channel at the temple and side of the head.
• treating disorders of the Liver. The Liver rules the smooth flow of qi, and when this free-flowing function of the Liver is impaired, qi will stagnate. At the same time, the Liver and Gall Bladder are entrusted with the ministerial fire and their stagnant qi readily transforms to fire. If Liver fire consumes yin, it may give rise to the pattern of uprising of Liver yang, whilst either Liver fire or Liver yang may generate interior wind.
Liver qi stagnation, Liver fire, Liver yang and Liver wind may all manifest along the course of the Gall Bladder channel in the head, ears, eyes, chest, breast and lateral costal region.
• treating phlegm disorders, scrofula and nodules. The smooth flow of body fluids is in part dependent on the free-flowing of the Liver qi, whilst Liver fire may condense body fluids into phlegm. Points of the Gall Bladder channel are indicated for stagnant qi and phlegm (and the consequent) swelling and nodulation, in the throat, supraclavicular fossa, axilla and breast, all regions traversed by various pathways of the Gall Bladder primary and secondary channels.
clearing damp-heat from the Gall Bladder fu, manifesting as jaundice, pain of the lateral costal region, nausea and vomiting, fever etc.
• clearing pathogenic factors from shaoyang level giving rise to alternating chills and fever, bitter taste in the mouth, hypochondriac pain, dryness of the mouth and throat, and nausea and vomiting.
• treating disorders of the spirit and ethereal soul (hun):
i. the Gall Bladder rules judgement, decisiveness and courage, i. its divergent channel enters the Heart, and ili. the Gall Bladder (wood) is the 'mother' of Heart (fire). Points of the Gall Bladder channel are therefore able to treat disorder of the spirit and ethereal soul (hun) due principally either to Gall Bladder and Liver fire or Gall Bladder qi deficiency.
• the Girdling vessel only passes through three acupuncture points, Dàimài GB-26, Wüshü GB-27 and Wéidào GB-28, whilst its confluent point is Zúlingì GB-
41. This extraordinary vessel is therefore principally influenced by selecting these Gall Bladder channel points.
- the hui-meeting points of the sinews (Yánglingquán
GB-34) and the marrow (Xuánzhöng GB-39) belong to the Gall Bladder channel which traverses the entire lateral portion of the leg. Many points of the lower portion of this channel, therefore, are important in the treatment of disorders such as atrophy disorder and painful obstruction.
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pathways summary
begins near the outer canthus of the eye at TóngziliãoGB-1,crosses to the anterior portion of the ear at TinghuìGB-2 then ascends to the upper border of the zygomatic arch at Shangguan GB-3,• ascends to the corner of the forehead at Hànyàn GB-4 and descends via points Xuánlú GB-5, Xuánlí GB-6 and Qubin GB-7 to the region above the ear where it meets with Erhéliáo SJ-22,• curves posteriorly behind the ear to the mastoid process at Wangu GB-12, meeting with Jiaosün SJ-20 on the way,• curves upwards across the side of the head to the corner of the forehead at Touwei ST-8 and descends to the supraorbital region at Yángbái GB-14,• ascends and curves across the side of the head to Fengchi GB-20 below the occiput,- crosses the top of the shoulder via Jiānjing GB-21 and Tiãnliáo SJ-15 to meet with the spine at Dàzhui DU-14,• passes laterally via Dazhù BL-11 to Bingfeng SI-12 then anteriorly to enter the supraclavicular fossa at Quēpén ST-12.
A BRANCH
• emerges behind the ear and enters the ear at Yifeng
SJ-17,
• emerges in front of the ear and passes via Tinggõng
SI-19 and Xiàguãn ST-7 to the outer canthus,
• descends to the corner of the jaw near Daying ST-5,
• crosses the Sanjiao channel and rises to the infraorbital region, and meets with Jingming BL-1,
- descends to the neck, passing near Jiáchē ST-6 and intersecting Rénying ST-9 to rejoin the main channel in the supraclavicular fossa,
- descends into the chest, meeting with the Pericardium channel at Tianchi P-1,
• crosses the diaphragm, connects with the Liver and unites with the Gall Bladder,
• continues along the inside of the ribs to emerge in the inguinal region,
• encircles the genitals, runs superficially along the margin of the pubic hair then enters deeply to emerge at the sacral region where it meets the Bladder channel at Baliao (the four points of the sacral foramina) and the Governing vessel at Cháng qiáng
DU-1,
- emerges on the buttock at Huántiào GB-30.
ANOTHER BRANCH
• descends from the supraclavicular fossa to the anterior aspect of the axilla, then passes through Yuanye GB-22, Zhejin GB-23 and Riyuè GB-24,
- intersects the Liver channel at Zhangmén LIV-13,
• descends to the hip joint to meet the previous branch at Huántiào GB-30 and continues down the lateral aspect of the thigh and knee,
• descends along the lateral aspect of the lower leg to the anterior aspect of the lateral malleolus,
• follows the dorsal surface of the foot along the groove between the fourth and fifth metatarsals to end on the lateral side of the tip of the fourth toe at Zúqiàoyin
GB-44.
ANOTHER BRANCH
• separates on the foot at Zúlíngì GB-41 and runs between the first and second metatarsal bones to the medial tip of the big toe then through the toenail to Tink with the Liver channel.
The Gall Bladder primary channel connects with the following zangfu: Gall Bladder and Liver.
The Gall Bladder primary channel meets with other channels at the following points: Xiàguăn ST-7, Tóuwéi ST-8, Rénying
ST-9, Quepén ST-12, Bingfeng SI-12, Tinggõng SI-19, Jingming BL-1, Dàzhù BL-11, Shàngliáo BL-31, Ciliáo BL-32,
Zhöngliáo BL-33, Xialiáo BL-34, Tianchí P-1, Tianliáo SJ-15,
Yifēng SJ-17, Jiăosun SJ-20, Erhéliáo SJ-22, Zhängmén LIV-
13, Cháng qiáng DU-1, Dàzhui DU-14. Note: Băihuì DU-20 is classified as a meeting point of the Gall Bladder channel with the Governing vessel but is not conventionally shown as such on illustrations of the Gall Bladder primary channel.
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