GB12 (Gall Bladder 12) - Acupuncture Point Information

Chinese Name: Wangu
English Name: Whole Bone

Location: In the depression posterior and inferior to the mastoid process.

Nature:

Meeting point of Gall Bladder and Bladder.

Functions:

Eliminates Wind, calms spasms, subdues rising Qi, calms the mind.

Indications:

Headache, insomnia, swelling of the cheek, retroauricular pain, deviation of the eye and mouth, toothache.

References:

Point indications have been used from the book Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion.

View other points on the Gall Bladder channel:

(GB1, GB2, GB3, GB4, GB5, GB6, GB7, GB8, GB9, GB10, GB11, GB12, GB13, GB14, GB15, GB16, GB17, GB18, GB19, GB20, GB21, GB22, GB23, GB24, GB25, GB26, GB27, GB28, GB29, GB30, GB31, GB32, GB33, GB34, GB35, GB36, GB37, GB38, GB39, GB40, GB41, GB42, GB43, GB44)

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