Gall Bladder


"The Honorable Minister"  The gall bladder is in charge of the cnetral clearing department.  It secretes pure bile required for digestion of fats and oils.  Its energy provides muscular strength and vitality.  The gall bladder governs daring and decisiveness.  Hence the phrase "a lot of gall".

According to the Chinese the Gall Bladder is the decision-making office.  Midnight is the ideal time for you to make up you mind about that trying question.

Along with the Liver the Gall Bladder is responsible for circulation vital Qi.  Points along the Gall Bladder merdian are used for liver and gall bladder disorders, low back pain, sciatica, paralysis, and disorders of the breast.  Points on the head are used for headache, eye and ear disorders and cervical spondylosis.

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12 Channels

FOOT MINIMUM YANG
GALL BLADDER MERIDIAN
POINTS: 44                          
11 pm to 1 am
ABBREVIATIONS: G or GB
CHINESE: Tan Ching
ALARM GB-24 Location: On the mammillary line, directly below the nipple, in the intercostal space of the 6th and 7th ribs.
TONIFICATION GB-43 Location: On the cleft between the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web.
SEDATION GB-38 Location: 4 cun above the tip of external malleolus, of the anterior border of the fibula.
ENTRY GB-1  Location: 0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus.
SOURCE GB-40 Location: Anterior and inferior to the external malleolus, in the depression on the lateral side of the tendon of extensor digitorum longus.
ASSOCIATED BL-19 Location: 1.5 cun above GB-20, on the lateral side of the occipital protuberance.
LUO GB-37 Location: 5 cun above the tip of external malleolus, close to the anterior border of the fibula.
EXIT GB-41 Location: In the depression anterior to the junction of the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones.
ACCUMULATION GB-36 Location: Level and 1 cun posterior to GB-35, and posterior to the border of the fibula.