Gallbladder Channel

Question 1

Wood -bamboo, the fastest growing, has direction-growing up, very strongly rooted, flexible, its hollow so the power in nothing, the egolessness
benevolence & humility, well meaning and kindly. perspective

Answer 1

face everything head-on always growing.
talk about it
its our direction in life, don’t be so down on wood

Question 2

GB 1 Tongziliao. !!!!

pupil crevice

Answer 2

ben eyes
eliminates wind & clear heat

red dry, swelling, pain, dimness of vision,
blurry vision,

local pt for head aches around the eyes

empowers clarity of vision

Question 3

GB 2 tinghui !!!!

meeting of hearing

Answer 3

ben ears
eliminates wind & clear hear
ACAP

tinnitus, deafness, major local pt for ear problems

anger tightens jail & obscurity of hearing- this pt empowers listening & intuition

Question 4

GB3

Answer 4

elinimates wind & Clear heat

can work on temporals muscle to release shoulder

Question 5

GB 4 Hanyan

jaw serenity

Answer 5

eliminates wind & clear heat
ACAP

• neck pain, wrist pain
• lockjaw
• earache

(jaw clunching anger not expressed in waking hours will express in jaw clenching in sleeping)

Question 6

GB 5 xuanlu

suspended skull

Answer 6

expels wind & clear heat
ACAP

one sided headache extending to outer canthus
toothache

Question 7

GB 6 xuanli

suspend hair

Answer 7

• loacl pt of headache or earache refereed pain

- use for stuttering(with speech therapy)

Question 8

GB 7

Answer 8

eliminates wind & ben mouth & jaw

Question 9

GB 8 shuaigu !!!!

leading valley

Answer 9

eliminates wind
ben head & AP
harmo diaphragm, ST & alleviates vomiting
tx alcohol intoxication (injury by overconsumption of alcohol)

• heaviness of head
• phleqm qi diaphram pain
• injury by alcohol w vomitting

Question 10

GB 9 Tianchong. !!!!!!
Heavenly rushing

window of heaven pt that wasn’t added

Answer 10

clears GB channel heat
calm spirit & pacifies fright

• headache
• tinnitus
• propensity to fear & fright

Question 11

GB 13 Benshen. !!!

root of the spirit

Answer 11

rooting the mind/ spirit
gather essence to the head
a strong essence is a prerequisite to a clear mind and spirit - have a balanced emotional life

this pt is used for jealousy
eliminates wind
resolves phlegm & treats epilepsy 
-headache
-visual dizziness
-childhood fright epilepsy

Question 12

GB 14. !!!!!

Yang white

Answer 12

main pt for forehead

eliminates wind
ben head & AP
ben eye

• dizziness
• deviation of mouth & eye
• eye pain

Question 13

GB 15 Toulinqi. !!!!

head governor of tears

Answer 13

Eliminates wind
ben head & AP
Ben nose & eyes

• stopping obsessive thoughts
• level out turbulent moods
• reg tears associated w anger or frustration

Question 14

GB 16

Answer 14

patients often lose sight of there progress

Question 15

GB 17

Answer 15

all these brighten the eyes
ben head & AP
ease palpitations
calm mind

(hugest pt on Gb channel)

Question 16

GB 18

supporting the spirit

Answer 16

ben the eyes!
ben head & AP
Ben nose & descend LU qi

eases the constraint of the rational mind, allowing the unconscious to rise

Question 17

GB 19 Naokong

Brain hollow

Answer 17

ben head & AP
Pacifies wind & clears sense organs (therefore calm the mind) !!

heat clearing function & LR yang subduing Function

• mental illness
• tremours

Question 18

GB 20 Fengchi
Wind Pool. !!!!

every yang in nature

Answer 18

Eliminates wind!!!!!! (internal or external)
Ben head & eyes
clears sense organs
ACAP

• stiff neck / before the cold
• vertigo or dizziness (nourish marrow/ brain- brighten the eyes!!

Question 19

Gb 21 Jianjing. !!!

Shoulder Well

Answer 19

retention of placenta
difficult labour! (this has a very strong downward action on Qi)
trans & lower phlegm & dissipates nodules
ben breasts & expedites delivery

-reg smooth flow of qi in neck & shoulders
ease constrain
subdue anger
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Question 20

GB 22 Yuanye
armpit abyss

meeting pt of 3 yin sinew & muscle channel, PC, LU & HT

Answer 20

-stiffness
-musculature pain in chest & costal regions
Reg qi & unbinds chest
ben axilla

Question 21

GB 23

Answer 21

unbind chest
lower rebellion
reg all 3 jiaos
-LR qi stagnation w lots of sighings

Question 22

GB 24 Riyue !!!
Sun & Moon

wood about vision GB outer LR Inner

Answer 22

ben GB & spreads LR qi
Lowers rebellious qi & harmo MJ
resolves damp-heat
-jaundice, hypochondriac pain,
sticky yellow tongue coat, gall stones
GB 24, 34 & LI 11 for damp heat

Question 23

GB 25 Jingmen. !!!!

front Mu oF KDS

Answer 23

tonifies the KD & reg water passages ways
fortifies Sp & reg intestines
strengthens lumbar

Question 24

GB 26 Daimai

girdling vessel

Answer 24

reg girdling vessel & drains dampness
reg menstration & stops leucorrhoea
ACAP

(also potentially LR 13)
LR & GB affect the diaphragm -ie use for hypogastrium in women, difficult breathing

Combine GB 41 + SJ5

Question 25

GB 27 Wushu | Five Pivots

Answer 25

reg girdling vessel reg LJ & Trans stagnation -red & white leucorrhoea _pain of back & ilium

Question 26

GB 29 | stationary crevice

Answer 26

ACAP | ben hip joint

Question 27

Gb 30 Huantiao

Answer 27

``` ACAP ben hip joint & leg dispels wind damp -sciatica shuttle qi down leg ```

Question 28

GB 31 Fengshi | Wind market

Answer 28

eliminates wind Alleviates itching ACAP (herpes GB 31 + SJ 6 to kick wind out) after effects of stroke

Question 29

GB 32 Zhongdu | middle ditch

Answer 29

Expels wind, damp cold

Question 30

GB 33 Xiyangguan | Knee yang gate

Answer 30

Relaxes sinews & ben Joints dispels wind-damp -local knee pain

Question 31

GB 34 Yanglingquan. !!!!!!! and mound spring he-sea & E more important pt on the whole body

Answer 31

``` smooth flow of LR qi ben sinews & joints ACAP spreads LR qi & ben lateral costal region clears LR & GB damp-heat harmo shaoyang ``` use this pt when someones growth isn't fast enough

Question 32

Gb 36 Waiqiu Xi-cleft

Answer 32

ACAP clear heat & detoxifies poison deal w rabies blocked sistick duck

Question 33

GB 37 Guangming!!! Bright light Luo !!!!

Answer 33

Ben the eyes dispels wind-damp, ACAP Best pt for eyes( even vision) help conduct f downward resentment chronically festers = this manifests as GB infection use for one sided imbalances

Question 34

GB 38 Yang Yang assistance Jing river & F pt

Answer 34

``` Clears GB heat from channel harmo shaoyang ben sinews & bones ACAP -onesided headache -frequent sighing/ bitter taste in mouth -contracted sinews ```

Question 35

GB 39 Xuanzhong hui meeting pt of marrow

Answer 35

``` ben sinews & bones ben neck dispels wind-damp clears GB F ACAP affects marrow!!! of the bones more so than the brain marrow prevent stroke dong style is amazing for this pt ```

Question 36

GB 40 Qiuxu yuan source pt

Answer 36

``` Spreads LR qi & clears GB heat/ damp ACAP ben joints reg shaoyang -empowers perspective - ```

Question 37

GB 41 Zulinqi foot governor of tears Shu stream & wo Confluent pt of girdling vessel hooray pt (wo on wo) 1,2,8,9,12,13,14,15,20,21,24,25 (26,27,28), 29, 30, 31, 34,36,37,39,40,41

Answer 37

indispensable pt tp spread LR qi ben chest, lateral costal region & breasts clear head & ben eyes transforms phlegm & dissipates nodules -ben beats, pain & lumps before or during menses -tears of anger

Question 38

GB 12 Wangu. !!!!! | mastoid process

Answer 38

eliminates wind ben head & AP calm spirit - headache - clenched jaw - toothache