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Chinese patterns
Gall Bladder Xu (Deficiency)
acupuncture
patterns and combinations
Gall Bladder Xu (Deficiency)
point analysis
» palpate and consider:
UB-19 (+): regulates the Qi and calms the emotions; regulates the Gall Bladder; brightens the eyes; Gall Bladder Shu Associated point
GB-24 (+): regulates the Liver and Stomach; invigorates the Gall Bladder; spreads Liver Qi; cools and transforms Damp-Heat; redirects Rebellious Qi downward; harmonizes the Middle Warmer; relieves hypochondriac pain; causes contractions of gall bladder to expel gallstones in ducts; Gall Bladder Mu Alarm point
GB-34 (+): soothes and regulates Yang of the Liver and Gall Bladder; facilitates and harmonizes the Liver; Gall Bladder He Sea Uniting and Earth point
GB-40 (+): tonifies the Gall Bladder, particularly mental aspect of promoting courage and initiative (Maciocia, p. 451); spreads the Liver Qi; benefits Gall Bladder; Gall Bladder Yuan Source point
GB-43 (+): useful in all Xu (Deficiency) conditions; disperses Heat; reduces inflammation; Gall Bladder Water and Tonification point
Sp-4 (+): regulates and strengthens the Spleen and Middle Warmer; harmonizes the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and circulation of Qi in the Middle Warmer; benefits Gall Bladder Xu (Deficiency); regulates the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel); tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; descends the Turbid; Spleen Luo Connecting point; Master point of Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel); Couple point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel)
footnotes
Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.