Gb-12

Gb-12

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Element
English

Mastoid Process

Name

完骨

Transliteration

Wangu

Special Point
Key Point
Description

Meeting point with Bladder channel

Indications
wind head pain calming the mind
Kinesiology
key point for headache insomnia weakness of lower limbs stiff and painful neck pain and swelling of teeth ear and throat
Channel Psychology

Bl: I am controlled by others. I must consult others before making a decision. I know what is right for me.

Point Psychology
mania agitation
Physical Conditions
Symptoms

Headache, pain behind the ear, shaking of the head, stiffness and pain of the neck with inability to turn the head, toothache, swelling of the cheek radiating to the ear, pain of the ear, throat painful obstruction, paralysis of one side of body, deviation of the mouth and eye, clenched jaw, withering and contraction of the muscles around the mouth, weakness and flaccidity of the legs, atrophy disorder of the arms and legs, sweating with no aversion to cold, epilepsy, mania, agitation of the heart, insomnia

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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.