GB-12 (Wan Gu) Completion Bone - Acupuncture point on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang

"Excess Sadness and Grief impacts the Lungs and weakens the Qi"

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Documents

Channel Theory

Qi Circulation Times

Qi Circulation Path

Major Points

Channels

Lung Channel

Lg. Intestine Channel

Stomach Channel

Spleen Channel

Heart Channel

Small Intestine

Bladder Channel

Kidney Channel

Pericardium Channel

San Jiao Channel

Gall Bladder Channel

Liver Channel

Ren Mai
(Conception Vessel)

Du Mai
(Governing Vessel)

The Extra Points

Acu Point GB-12 (Wan Gu) Completion Bone

Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang

Meeting Point of the Gallbladder and Bladder Channels

Actions:

Eliminates wind, benefits the head and alleviates pain
Calms the spirit

Indications:

Headache, insomnia, swelling of the cheek, retroauricular pain, deviation of the eye and mouth, toothache.

Location (CAM):

In the depression posterior and inferior to the mastoid process.

Location (AMOA):

In the depression just posterior and inferior to the mastoid process.

Needling Method:

Puncture obliquely 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

References

Acupuncture

11. Grasping the Wind (First Edition) - Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss

9. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Revised Edition) - Cheng Xinnong

8. A Manual of Acupuncture (First Edition) - Peter Deadman

10. Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text (First Edition) - Shanghai College of TCM