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GB Points 1-44
GB Points
Question | Answer |
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GB Functions | Stores/Excretes bile; governs courage, judgement, decision making; provides qi for maintenance of sinews |
GB 1 | Benefits eyes (esp d/t LV problems)-h/a behind eyes or temporal, red, irritated, itchy eyes; breast pain |
GB 2 | Benefits ears, eliminates wind/clear heat; mumps/parotitis, toothache |
GB 3 | [rarely used] Benefits ears, eliminates wind |
GB 4 | Relax jaw (teeth grinding/jaw clenching) w/ LI 4, LV 3, ST 6 |
GB 5 | Treats speech/movement difficulties (Broca's area) |
GB 6 | Treats speech difficulties |
GB 7 | Benefits jaw and mouth (parotitis) |
GB 8 | Harmonizes diaphragm and stomach-alleviate vomiting; Treats alcohol intoxication/addictions (amnesia/black out) |
GB 1-8 | Eliminate wind, local headache |
GB 9 | ~Window of the Sky Point: Subdues rising qi (panic/running piglet); Clears GB channel heat; Calms spasms; Treats understanding of speech/movement (Wernicke's area) |
GB 10 | [rarely used] Treat weakness of legs-ability to walk |
GB 11 | Benefits sense organs (esp hearing and excluding smell) |
GB 12 | Calms spirit/Insomnia (d/t proximity to Reticular activating system-wake/sleep transition) |
GB 13 | Gathers essence to head (psychoemotional d/o-paranoid schizophrenia); Calm mind/relieve anxiety; Eliminates wind/resolves phlegm/epilepsy |
GB 14 | Benefits head (frontal sinus problem, foreheadache); Benefits eyes (twitching, itching, deviation, lacrimation, drooping); food allergies/digestive issues |
GB 15 | Benefits nose and eyes (sinus headaches, nasal congestion); Mania/bipolar |
GB 16 | [rarely used] Benefits eyes (cataracts); Arthritis (hands/thumbs) |
GB 17 | Pacifies ST (nausea d/t neurological etiology) |
GB 18 | Benefits head and nose/descends LU qi |
GB 19 | [rarely used] Benefits head and sense organs (deafness/tinnitis, nasal congestion/bleeds, blurry vision) |
GB 20 | [Caution: spinal cord/brain stem] BEST for Dz of head, eyes, brain (Eliminates internal/external wind), Subdues LV Yang/Fire (HTN), Relieve tension of trapezius |
GB 21 | [CI Pregnancy, but helps delivery; Caution: Pneumothorax] BEST to relax Trapezius w/ SJ 15; Regulate strong qi descending action); Benefit breasts/promote lactation |
GB 22 | [rarely used; Caution: Pt] Regulate qi/unbinds chest; Benefits axilla |
GB 23 | [Caution: Pt] Unbinds chest/lowers rebellion (help w/ excessive anger, frustration or resentment affecting free flow of LV) |
GB 24 | Front Mu of GB: Benefits GB; Spreads LV qi; PSE: Harmonizes opposites (only black or white) |
GB 25 | Front Mu of KD: Tonifies KD/regulates water passages; Fortifies SP/regulates intestines (cock crow diarrhea/distention/borborygmus); Strengthens Lumbar Region |
GB 26 | Meeting of GB with Dai Mai, Regulates Dai Mai and menstruation stopping dampness and leucorrhea (*Female Disorders) |
GB 27 | Meeting of GB w/ Dai Mai; Regulates Dai Mai (Abdominal pain d/t retraction of testicles-*Male Disorders) |
GB 28 | Meeting of GB w/ Dai Mai; Regulates Dai Mai and lower jiao to transform stagnation |
GB 29 | Meeting of GB w/ Yang Motility vessel (Yang Qiao Mai) Benefits anterior hip/thigh pain radiating to groin; Contralateral shoulder joint |
GB 30 | Meeting point of GB and UB; Benefits posterior hi joint and leg, Treat sciatica (Bi Syndrome), Dispels wind damp (rheumatism, arthritis) |
GB 31 | Eliminates wind (Bi syndrome-wind in knee), Alleviates itching (skin issues d/t wind heat) |
GB 32 | Expels wind/damp/cold (osteoarthritis) |
GB 33 | Barrier Pt (Yang entering)/Relax sinews to benefit knee joint/Dispel COLD damp |
GB 34 | He Sea (Earth), Master point for sinews; as part of female 4 gates. *Clear GB problems (stone/jaundice), by redistribute/spreading LV Qi;Harmonizes Shao Yang (stress h/a, or malaria) |
GB 35 | Xi Cleft Point of Yin Wei Mai: Meeting of 3 Foot Yang Meridians |
GB 36 | Xi Cleft (GB h/a); Clear heat and detoxify poison w/ moxa (rabies) |
GB 37 | Luo-connecting; Benefit eyes; conduct fire downward, increase flow to the feet, Dispel wind damp |
GB 38 | Jing River (Fire) Clears GB Heat (temporal headaches) |
GB 39 | Command Pt for the Marrow; increases production of RBCs (w/ UB 43, LI 16); Benefits Sinews and bones |
GB 40 | Yuan Source; Spread LV Qi |
GB 41 | Shu Stream (Wood), Confluent point of Dai Mai (Female-Benefit breasts, lateral costal region, menses, menstrual headache); LV Qi spread downward |
GB 42 | [rarely used] Spreads LV Qi and clears GB Heat |
GB 43 | Ying Spring (Water) Clears heat (head, eyes, ears) reduces swelling |
GB 44 | Jing Well (Metal); Clear heat and benefit head (migraines, cluster h/a), insomnia |