Gallbladder Meridian

Question 1

Trace the Gallbladder Meridian, number of points, yin or yang, sympathetic or parasympathetic

Answer 1

44 points, yang, sympathetic

Question 2

GB 14 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 2

On the forehead in line with the pupil when looking straight ahead or the mid point btw the eyebrow or the superior orbital margin, 1 cun above the superior orbital margin and 2 cun below the hairline

Oblique superior to inferior at a depth of 0.5 to 1 cun

Muscular frontal headache or bell’s palsy

Question 3

GB 20 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 3

Depression btw the occipital bone at the level of GV 16, btw the trapezius and SCM midway btw the midline and the mastroid process

Towards the tip of the nose or opposite eye at a depth of 0.5-1 cun

Sympathetic switch, occipital neuralgia, pain and inflammation of SCM and traps, vascular headache and dizziness, fibromyalgia and spastic or spasmodic torticollis

Question 4

GB 21 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 4

Midpoint of the line connecting the lower margin of C7 spinous process and lateral aspect of acromion

Tap the needle through the skin, then pick up the skin and underlying muscle and insert the needle posterior to ant and inferior to superior into the muscle at a depth of 0.5 to 0.8 cun

Myofascial strain/sprain of traps, neck rigidity and pain, shoulder and back pain, fibromyalgia and spastic and spasmodic torticollis

Question 5

GB 29 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 5

Midpoint btw ASIS and most prominent point of GT, located in side lying

Intra articular, lateral to medial and slightly inferior at a depth of 1-3 cun

OA and RA of the hip, gluteal and trochanteric bursitis, pain and inflammation of any joint, myofascial strain of TFL, glute med and min

Question 6

GB 30 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 6

At the junction of the lateral 1/3 and medial 2/3 of the distance on the line btw the sacral hiatus and the most prominent posterior point of the greater trochanter

Post to ant, perpendicular to the skin at a depth of 3-4 cun

Trochanteric bursitis, OA and RA of the hip, hip ligamentous sprain, LBP, sciatica, motor and sensory disorders of the L/E, hemiplegia and muscle atrophy of the L/E

Question 7

GB 31 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 7

Lateral aspect of the thigh, 7 cun above the popliteal crease

Lateral to medial cutaneous at a depth of 1.5 to 2 cun

Gluteal and trochanteric bursitis, hip abductor strain, meralgia paresthetica

Question 8

GB 34 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 8

On the lateral aspect of the leg, inferior to the head of the fibula and ant to the neck, 2 cun below the lateral joint line

Lateral to medial at a depth of 1-1.5 cun

Sympathetic switch (special point for MSK disorders), often used with SP 9 to treat entire knee joint, pain and inflammation of lateral aspect of the knee joint, ligament strain and sprain, chondromalcia, PFPS

Question 9

GB 40 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 9

Ant and inf to the lateral malleolus in the sinus tarsi

Intra articular perpendicular to the skin at a depth of 1 - 1.5 cun

Inflammation of the ankle, lateral ankle sprain, OA