Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang
GB
Foot-Shaoyang: head side to fourth toe
- Type：Foot-Shaoyang
- Organ：Gallbladder
- Time of flow：Zi hour (11 p.m.–1 a.m.)
- Course：Starting at Tongziliao beside the outer eye corner, it winds around the ear, runs down the side of the neck and body (ribs and hip), along the outer thigh and lower leg, and ends at Qiaoyin on the fourth toe.
- Traditionally associated with：Migraine, pain in the side of the neck and ribs, and tightness of the hip and outer thigh.
Related acupoints
- Tongziliao (GB1)：About 0.5 cun outside the outer eye corner, on the outer orbital rim
- Shuaigu (GB8)：Directly above the ear tip, about 1.5 cun inside the hairline
- Fengchi (GB20)：Depression below the base of the skull, outside the two large neck tendons
- Jianjing (GB21)：Midpoint of the line between Dazhui and the shoulder tip, the highest point of the shoulder
- Huantiao (GB30)：Outer buttock, in the depression above the back of the greater trochanter (easy to find with the hip flexed while lying on the side)
- Fengshi (GB31)：Outer thigh, where the middle fingertip touches when standing with the arms relaxed at the sides
- Yanglingquan (GB34)：Outer lower leg, in the depression in front of and below the head of the fibula
- Xuanzhong (GB39)：3 cun above the outer ankle tip, on the front edge of the fibula
- Qiuxu (GB40)：In front of and below the outer ankle, in the depression outside the extensor digitorum longus tendon