Gb-3

Gb-3

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
After 2nd monthAcupunctureAfter 6th monthDermal Hammer
Element
English

Above the Joint

Name

上關[c]

Transliteration

Shangguan

Description

Meeting point with SJ and Stomach channels

Indications
wind ears GB channel pain
Kinesiology
hearing jaw face
Channel Psychology

SJ: My choices are betrayed by others. I need to take others into account when making choices for myself. St: Decisions must be made with my head. My heart rules my decisions.

Symptoms

Deafness, tinnitus, purulent discharge from the ear, dimness of vision, pain of the face, toothache of the upper jaw, stiffness of the lips, headache, aversion to wind and cold, chills and fever, paralysis of one side of the body, deviation of the mouth and eye, lockjaw, tetany leading to bone pain, clonic spasm

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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.