GALL BLADDER-34

NAME: YANGLINGQUAN
English: Yang Mound Spring
Paired Organ Liver
Color yellow green
Peak Hours 11pm-1am
Mental Qualities resentment
Physical Branches eyes, tendons, tears, nails
Functions stores and excretes bile, one of the Six Extraordinary Organs

Gallbladder: Wood-energy yang organ
Known as the 'Honorable Minister', the gall bladder is in charge of the 'Central Clearing Department'. It secretes the pure and potent bile fluids required to digest and metabolize fats and oils, and its energy provides muscular strength and vitality. It works with the lymphatic system to clear toxic by-products of metabolism from the muscular system, thereby eliminating muscular aches and fatigue. In the Chinese system, the common tension headache is caused by obstruction in the gall-bladder meridian, which runs up over the shoulders and back of the neck to the top of the head and forehead. Hence such headaches are usually accompanied by neck and shoulder tension.

The gall bladder governs daring and decisiveness. In Chinese, the word for 'daring' is da dan ('big gall'). 'The gall bladder is daring, the heart is careful', which reflects the stimulating generative influence of Wood to Fire.

Gall Bladder: Psycho-Emotional Aspects
The Gall Bladder is responsible for making decisions and judgments, as well as providing courage and initiative. This organ is sometimes called the Court of Justice or The General's Advisor. Although the Kidneys control drive and vitality, the Gall Bladder provides the capacity to turn this drive and vitality into decisive action. The Gall Bladder has an influence on the quality and length of sleep. If the Gall Bladder is Deficient, the patient will often wake up suddenly, very early in the morning, and be unable to fall asleep again. Patient's who are timid, indecisive, and easily discouraged by slight adversity, are said to have a weak Gall Bladder; conversely, decisive and determined patients are said to have a strong Gall Bladder.

The Gallbladder Channel Pathway
This channel begins just outside the outer corner of the eye, loops down and up to the forehead just within the hair line, and descends behind the ear to the corner of the skull. It then returns to the forehead above the center of the eye and contours the head to the bottom of the skull at GB-20. It continues down the neck behind the shoulder to connect with the governing vessel at GV-14, then crosses over the shoulder. The channel descends the side of the body along the rib margin to the waist and pelvic crest before going deeper to meet the bladder channel at the sacrum. At GB-30 it re-emerges and continues down the outside of the leg, in front of the ankle, ending on the outside of the 4th toe. Internal branches connect with the stomach channel (on the jaw) and the small intestine channel, and join the liver and gallbladder organs.

Internal Trajectories of the Gallbladder Meridian
Having come down from the head, a trajectory passes to ST-12.
Then it passes to the inside of the chest and then down. It passes through the diaphragm, spirally wraps the liver and permeates the gallbladder. Then it circles round the inside lining of the ribs and the side of the body and comes down to ST-30
In this case, "the inside of the chest" is seen as the sides of the chest, around PC-1. In general, we should be aware that the inside of the chest has a wider meaning which depends on context. It can be inside the chest, CV-17, the sides of the chest, as well as some other less common referents. In coming down through the diaphragm it probably passes through the esophagus and then the stomach, before it passes to and spirally wraps the liver. After this, it permeates the gallbladder. In circling around on the inside of the lining of the ribs and the sides of the body it passes out to LV-13, and then to ST-30.

LOCATION:
• Below the lateral aspect of the knee, in the tender depression approximately 1 cun anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula. Note: Slide your finger up the lateral aspect of the lower leg until the soft tissue of the musculature gives way to the bony prominence of the head of the fibula.
• In the depression anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
• with the leg bent at the knee, this point can be found in the hollow anterior and slightly below the head of the fibula.

Nature:
Lower He-Sea point of the Gall Bladder channel, One of the Eight Meeting Points: for tendons, 10th of Ma Dan Yang's Twelve Stars.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:
• He- Sea point of the Gall Bladder channel
• Earth point of the Gall Bladder channel
• Hui-Meeting point of the sinews
• Mu Dan-yang Heavenly Star point
• Quiet Courage point

ACTIONS:
• Benefits the sinews and joints
• Activates the channel
• Alleviates pain
• Spreads Liver Qi
• Alleviates pain
• Benefits the lateral costal region
• Clears Liver and Gall Bladder Damp-Heat and Summerheat
• Clears Heat
• Harmonizes the Shao Yang
• Benefits and regulates the Liver and Gall Bladder
• Soothe the Liver and Gall Bladder
• Strengthens the sinews and bones
• Eliminates Phlegm-Fire from the Stomach
• Subdues mild cases of Liver Yang Raising
• Extinguishes Liver Wind
• Removes obstruction from the channel
• Relaxes the sinews
• Benefits the joints and hips
• Strengthens the knees
• Subdues rebellious Qi
• Drains Liver pathogens
• Dispels Wind, Wind-cold and Wind-Phlegm
• Eliminates Exterior conditions

INDICATIONS:
• Disorders of the sinews
• Contraction of the sinews
• Contraction and pain of the calf muscles in sudden turmoil disorder
• Contraction of the sinews of the foot
• Stiffness and tightness of the muscles and joints
• Numbness
• Hemiplegia
• Stiffness of the neck and shoulders
• Elbow pain
• Atrophy disorder of the lower limb
• Painful obstruction of the lower limb
• Swelling, redness and pain of the knee
• Cold painful obstruction of the hip and knee
• Sciatica
• Numbness and pain of the thigh and knee
• Coldness and pallor of the feet
• Leg Qi
• Foot Qi
• Cold hands
• Pain in the sides and ribs
• Intercostal neuralgia
• Rheumatism of the knee
• Dull lancing pain in the thighs and knees
• Muscular atrophy, motor impairment, numbness and pain of the lower extremities
• Insensitivity of the hip and knee
• Cannot flex the foot
• Edema of the legs with spasms
• Urinary incontinence
• Urinary dribbling
• Habitual constipation
• Sensation of something obstructing the throat
• Pain in the renal region
• Hepatitis
• Chronic foot deformity
• Lack of coordination between body and mind, left and right and up and down
• Frightens easily
• Multiple sclerosis
• Infantile convulsions
• Perifocal inflammation of the shoulder
• Sequelae of windstroke
• Lower body erysipelas due to Damp-Heat
• Acid regurgitation
• Wind-predominant Bi
• Convulsions
• Disorders of the muscles and tendons
• Weakness of the lateral deviation of the foot
• Diseases of the Gall Bladder
• Fullness and pain of the lateral costal region
• Frequent sighing
• Fear of people as if one is about to be apprehended
• Constipation
• Enuresis
• Epilepsy
• Bitter taste in the mouth
• Vomiting
• Jaundice
• Chills and fever
• Malaria
• Swelling of the face and head
• Hypertension
• Beriberi
• Difficulty moving the knees
• Bi syndrome of the knee
• Lymphoedema
• Pain in the hypochondriac and costal regions
• Fullness of the chest and ribs
• Pain in the knee preventing it from being flexed
• Wei and Bi syndromes of the lower limbs
• Paralysis of the lower limb
• Spasms of the lower limb
• Insensitivity of the foot
• Muscle spasms in the foot
• Foot swollen or icy and pale
• Distention of the mouth, tongue, throat, face and head
• Retention of urine
• Gall stones
• Cholecystitis
• Peritonitis
• Round worms in the bile duct
• Many types of mental disorders
• Diarrhea
• Insanity
• Loss or lack of Blood
• Sciatica
• Hypertension
• Distention of the Gall Bladder
• Acute biliary tract diseases
• Cirrhosis of the Liver
• Throat Bi
• Seizures
• Infantile paralysis
• Muscular tetany
• Hip joint disorders

NOTES:
• This is the main point to influence the sinews throughout the body.
• This is one of the main points to treat diseases featuring alternating chills and fever including malaria.
• This is considered one of the most important points in the body.
• This is a special point for muscles and lack of Qi and Blood flow.
• This point brings stability and rigidity with flexibility.