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Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang

Meeting Point of the Gallbladder Channel with the Yang Motility Vessel

Actions:

Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Benefits the hip joint

Indications:

Pain and numbness in the thigh and lumbar region, paralysis, muscular atrophy of the lower limbs.

Pont Location:

A Manual of Acupuncture: On the lateral aspect of the hip joint, at the midpoint of a line drawn between the anterior superior iliac spine and the prominence of the greater trochanter.
Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: In the depression of the midpoint between the anterosuperior iliac spine and the prominence of the great trochanter.

Needling Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

References Used

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