Gb-40

Gb-40

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Element
English

Mound of Ruins

Name

丘墟

Transliteration

Qiuxu

Special Point
Yuan Point
Description

Yuan-Source point

Indications
Liver qi
Kinesiology
pain
Channel Psychology

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

Key Spirit Point Themes
Wilderness hill
Symptoms

Distention and pain of the chest and lateral costal region with inability to catch the breath, sighing, swelling in the armpit sudden acute abdominal pain, hardness of the lower abdomen, herpes zoster, one-sided headache, redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, superficial visual obstruction, poor eyesight, throat painful obstruction., vomiting, acid regurgitation, chronic malaria, neck pain, chills and fever with swelling of the neck, paralysis, pain of the lumbar spine, pain of the hip, atrophy disorder and painful obstruction of the lower limb, cramping and pain of the legs, sciatica, pain of the lower leg, drop foot flaccidity of the ankle, swelling of the lateral ankle, pain of the wrist.

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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.