GB24 (Gall Bladder 24) - Acupuncture Point Information

Chinese Name: Riyue
English Name: Sun Moon

Location: In the 7th intercostal space, below the nipple (one intercostal space below Qimen LIV14).

Nature:

Front-Mu point for the Gall Bladder.

Functions:

Clears Damp-Heat, harmonizes the Middle Jiao.

Primary Indications:

Pain in ribs and sides, vomiting/acid regurgitation, hiccough.

Secondary Indications:

Jaundice.

Tertiary Indications:

Gastric ulcer, stomach pain, cholecystitis, sighing/groaning, lower abdominal heat sensations.

Other Indications:

Speaks indistinctly, wants to run, somnolence, acute and chronic hepatitis, abdominal distension, borborygmi, diarrhea, paralysis of four limbs, mastitis.

References:

This information is from the book Acupuncture Point Dynamics and has been used with permission from the author John McDonald.

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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