Gb-36

Gb-36

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Element
English

Outer Hill

Name

外丘

Transliteration

Waiqiu

Special Point
Xi-Cleft
Description

Xi-Cleft point of the Gall Bladder channel

Indications
GB channel
Kinesiology
skin pain
Channel Psychology

GB: Decisions/ choices. I implement my heart’s desire. Decisions are painful.

Point Psychology
mania
Key Spirit Point Themes
Fixed goals
Symptoms

Distention of the chest and lateral costal region, pigeon chest in children, headache, mania, abdominal pain, rabies, atrophy disorder and painful obstruction of the lower limb, pain of the skin, cold sensation and stiffness and pain of the nape and neck, aversion to wind

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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.