GB 38 Acupuncture Point - Yang Fu - Gall Bladder Meridian
Submitted by yyh_staff on Tue, 2006-05-23 19:49.
- Chinese Name Yang Fu
- English Name Yang Assistance
- Location: 4 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, slightly anterior to the anterior border of the fibula between extensor digitorum longus and peroneous brevis
- Point Associations:
- Jing River Point
- Fire Point
- Actions & Effects:
- Moving point for GB channel issues - pain, heat, stagnation along the channel.
- Fire Point - useful for treating the fever period of Shao Yang stage diseases (alternating fever and chills).
- Gall Bladder Meridian Points (44):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
Sources and More Information
The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:
- Ferro, Barbara: New England School of Acupuncture, Point Location Lecture Notes
- Harstein, Rachel: New England School of Acupuncture, Actions & Effects Lecture Notes
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