Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang (GB)

Active Hours

Zi hour, Gallbladder Meridian

Functions

The Lingshu (Spiritual Pivot), in the chapter "Meridians" (Jing Mai), records the disorders of this meridian: "Bitter taste in the mouth, frequent sighing, pain in the chest and hypochondrium with inability to turn the body. In severe cases, the complexion appears slightly dusty, the body loses its gloss and moisture, and the lateral aspect of the foot feels hot. This is called yang reversal (yang jue)."

Related Conditions

Visceral patterns (Zang-fu symptoms): When the gallbladder has problems, symptoms such as bitter taste in the mouth, indigestion, jaundice, and hypochondriac pain may easily occur. Meridian patterns (Jing-luo symptoms): When the Gallbladder Meridian is diseased, there may be migraine, pain in the outer canthus of the eye, swelling and pain in the neck and supraclavicular fossa along the meridian’s pathway, and pain and swelling in the thigh, knee, and lateral aspect of the lower leg, among other symptoms.

Daily Care

Clinical investigations have found that more than half of heart disease cases experience onset or death during the night. If there is a heart disease patient at home, closer observation should be maintained, and it is best to have some "heart rescue pills" (Jiuxin Wan) readily available. At this time, one should go to bed to fall asleep, which is conducive to the bone marrow's production of blood. Those who fall asleep before 11:00 p.m. will have a clear mind and a rosy complexion upon waking in the morning. The Gallbladder Meridian has a relatively long pathway, running from head to foot and traversing many body parts. If you go to sleep during the Zi hour (11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.), you may gently pat the Gallbladder Meridian, or use your fingers to scrape and comb the head region with even force. This can help achieve a detoxifying effect. However, if the force is too great, it may disturb sleep.

Acupoints

Tongziliao Point (GB-1 / Pupil Bone Crevice, also known as Taiyang, Qianguan)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Tongziliao (GB-1 / Pupil Bone Crevice). Learn its benefits for keratitis, glaucoma, blurred vision, styes, and crow's feet – the meeting point of three meridians – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Tinghui Point (GB-2 / Hearing Meeting)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Tinghui (GB-2 / Hearing Meeting). Learn its benefits for tinnitus, deafness, headache, facial paralysis, and otitis media – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Sanjiao – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Shangguan Point (GB-3 / Upper Pass, also known as Kezhuren)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Shangguan (GB-3 / Upper Pass). Learn its benefits for headache, tinnitus, deafness, and TMJ disorder – the meeting point of Gallbladder, Sanjiao, and Stomach – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Hanyan Point (GB-4 / Jaw Pressure)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Hanyan (GB-4 / Jaw Pressure). Learn its benefits for headache, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, and eye pain – the meeting point of Gallbladder, Sanjiao, and Stomach – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Xuanlu Point (GB-5 / Suspended Cranium)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Xuanlu (GB-5 / Suspended Cranium). Learn its benefits for poor concentration, facial swelling, eye pain, and toothache – the meeting point of Gallbladder, Stomach, and Sanjiao – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Xuanli Point (GB-6 / Suspended Regulation)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Xuanli (GB-6 / Suspended Regulation). Learn its benefits for migraine, facial swelling, eye pain, and stiff neck – the meeting point of Gallbladder, Sanjiao, and Stomach – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Qubin Point (GB-7 / Curved Temple, also known as Qufa)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Qubin (GB-7 / Curved Temple). Learn its benefits for headache, migraine, trismus, and red eyes – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Bladder – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Shuaigu Point (GB-8 / Leading Valley)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Shuaigu (GB-8 / Leading Valley). Learn its benefits for migraine, dizziness, vomiting, and infantile convulsions – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Bladder – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Tianchong Point (GB-9 / Heavenly Thoroughfare, also known as Tianqu)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Tianchong (GB-9 / Heavenly Thoroughfare). Learn its benefits for headache, swollen gums, epilepsy, and goiter – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Bladder – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Fubai Point (GB-10 / Floating White)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Fubai (GB-10 / Floating White). Learn its benefits for headache, tinnitus, deafness, and stiff neck – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Bladder – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Touqiaoyin Point (GB-11 / Head Orifice Yin, also known as Qiaoyin)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Touqiaoyin (GB-11 / Head Orifice Yin). Learn its benefits for headache, dizziness, facial paralysis, tinnitus, and deafness – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Bladder – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Wangu Point (GB-12 / Complete Bone)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Wangu (GB-12 / Complete Bone). Learn its benefits for headache, stiff neck, tinnitus, deafness, and malaria – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Bladder – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Benshen Point (GB-13 / Root Spirit)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Benshen (GB-13 / Root Spirit). Learn its benefits for headache, dizziness, stiff neck, epilepsy, and stroke – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Yangbai Point (GB-14 / Yang White)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Yangbai (GB-14 / Yang White). Learn its benefits for eye pain, myopia, night blindness, facial paralysis, and headache – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Toulinqi Point (GB-15 / Head Facing Tears, also known as Linqi)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Toulinqi (GB-15 / Head Facing Tears). Learn its benefits for headache, red eyes, tearing, tinnitus, and malaria – the meeting point of Gallbladder, Bladder, and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Muchuang Point (GB-16 / Eye Window, also known as Zhiying)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Muchuang (GB-16 / Eye Window). Learn its benefits for myopia, hyperopia, infantile convulsions, and headache – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Zhengying Point (GB-17 / Upright Nutritive)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Zhengying (GB-17 / Upright Nutritive). Learn its benefits for headache, facial edema, red eyes, and tinnitus – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Chengling Point (GB-18 / Receiving Spirit)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Chengling (GB-18 / Receiving Spirit). Learn its benefits for headache, dizziness, eye pain, and nosebleeds – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Naokong Point (GB-19 / Brain Hollow, also known as Nieru)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Naokong (GB-19 / Brain Hollow). Learn its benefits for headache, dizziness, epilepsy, and palpitations – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Fengchi Point (GB-20 / Wind Pool)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Fengchi (GB-20 / Wind Pool). Learn its benefits for colds, headache, cervical spondylosis, hypertension, eye disorders, and tinnitus – the meeting point of Shaoyang and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment. Strict needling depth control required.

Jianjing Point (GB-21 / Shoulder Well, also known as Jianjie)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Jianjing (GB-21 / Shoulder Well). Learn its benefits for stiff neck, shoulder pain, mastitis, and lactation – the meeting point of Gallbladder, Sanjiao, and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Yuanye Point (GB-22 / Armpit Deep Pool, also known as Yuanye, Quanye)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Yuanye (GB-22 / Armpit Deep Pool). Learn its benefits for chest fullness, hypochondriac pain, axillary swelling, and arm pain – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yin Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Zhejin Point (GB-23 / Turning Sinew)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Zhejin (GB-23 / Turning Sinew). Learn its benefits for chest pain, cough, wheezing, and acid regurgitation – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yin Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Riyue Point (GB-24 / Sun and Moon, also known as Shenguang)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Riyue (GB-24 / Sun and Moon). Learn its benefits for hiccups, nausea, acid reflux, chest pain, and jaundice – the Gallbladder Mu-Front point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Jingmen Point (GB-25 / Capital Gate, Kidney Mu Point)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Jingmen (GB-25 / Capital Gate). Learn its benefits for hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension, lumbar pain, and urinary disorders – the Kidney Mu-Front point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Daimai Point (GB-26 / Belt Vessel Point)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Daimai (GB-26 / Belt Vessel Point). Learn its benefits for irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Belt Vessel – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Wushu Point (GB-27 / Five Pivot)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Wushu (GB-27 / Five Pivot). Learn its benefits for lower abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, and hernia – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Belt Vessel – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Weidao Point (GB-28 / Maintaining Channel, also known as Waishu)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Weidao (GB-28 / Maintaining Channel). Learn its benefits for irregular menstruation, leukorrhea, hernia, and lower abdominal pain – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Belt Vessel – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Juliao Point (GB-29 / Dwelling Bone Crevice)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Juliao (GB-29 / Dwelling Bone Crevice). Learn its benefits for lumbar-leg pain, paralysis, foot atrophy, and hernia – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Qiao – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Huantiao Point (GB-30 / Jumping Ring, also known as Huangu, Kuangu, Biyan, Bishu)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Huantiao (GB-30 / Jumping Ring). Learn its benefits for sciatica, lumbar and leg pain, hemiplegia, and impotence – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Bladder – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Fengshi Point (GB-31 / Wind Market)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Fengshi (GB-31 / Wind Market). Learn its benefits for hemiplegia, rheumatic pain, pruritus, sciatica, and lower limb conditions – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Qiao – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Zhongdu Point (GB-32 / Middle Ditch)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Zhongdu (GB-32 / Middle Ditch). Learn its benefits for lower limb flaccidity, numbness, and hemiplegia – plus classic combinations for post-stroke and lumbar-leg conditions.

Xiyangguan Point (GB-33 / Knee Yang Pass, also known as Hanfu, Yangguan)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Xiyangguan (GB-33 / Knee Yang Pass). Learn its benefits for knee pain, popliteal contracture, calf numbness, and hemiplegia – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Yanglingquan Point (GB-34 / Yang Mound Spring, also known as Yangling, Yangzhilingquan)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Yanglingquan (GB-34 / Yang Mound Spring). Learn its benefits for biliary disorders, hypochondriac pain, knee pain, and motor system conditions – the Gallbladder He-Sea point and Sinew Hui – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Yangjiao Point (GB-35 / Yang Intersection, also known as Bieyang, Zuliao)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Yangjiao (GB-35 / Yang Intersection). Learn its benefits for knee pain, leg and shin flaccidity, and sciatica – the meeting point of Gallbladder and Yang Wei – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Waiqiu Point (GB-36 / Outer Mound)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Waiqiu (GB-36 / Outer Mound). Learn its benefits for epilepsy, stiff neck, chest pain, and lower limb conditions – the Gallbladder meridian Xi-Cleft point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Guangming Point (GB-37 / Brightness)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Guangming (GB-37 / Brightness). Learn its benefits for red eyes, blurred vision, night blindness, and cataracts – the Gallbladder Luo-Connecting point for brightening the eyes – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Yangfu Point (GB-38 / Yang Support, also known as Fenrou, Juegu)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Yangfu (GB-38 / Yang Support). Learn its benefits for nephritis, hypertension, joint pain, and lumbar pain – the Gallbladder Jing-River point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Xuanzhong Point (GB-39 / Suspended Bell, also known as Juegu)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Xuanzhong (GB-39 / Suspended Bell). Learn its benefits for stiff neck, migraine, anemia, hyperlipidemia, and foot conditions – the Marrow Hui point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Qiuxu Point (GB-40 / Mound Ruin)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Qiuxu (GB-40 / Mound Ruin). Learn its benefits for migraine, cholecystitis, ankle sprains, and foot inversion – the Gallbladder Yuan-Source point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Zulinqi Point (GB-41 / Foot Facing Tears, also known as Xialinqi)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Zulinqi (GB-41 / Foot Facing Tears). Learn its benefits for headache, lumbar pain, irregular menstruation, and eye disorders – the Gallbladder Shu-Stream point and Eight Confluent point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Diwuhui Point (GB-42 / Earth Five Meeting)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Diwuhui (GB-42 / Earth Five Meeting). Learn its benefits for headache, red eyes, throat swelling, and tinnitus – the Gallbladder meridian point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Xiaxi Point (GB-43 / Cleft Stream, also known as Jiaxi)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Xiaxi (GB-43 / Cleft Stream). Learn its benefits for headache, tinnitus, deafness, and eye pain – the Gallbladder Ying-Spring point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.

Zuqiaoyin Point (GB-44 / Foot Orifice Yin, also known as Qiaoyin)

Discover the exact location and acupressure method for Zuqiaoyin (GB-44 / Foot Orifice Yin). Learn its benefits for restlessness, chest pain, headache, tinnitus, and biliary ascariasis – the Gallbladder Jing-Well point – plus classic combinations for comprehensive treatment.