Gallbladder 20

GB 20 / Feng Chi / Wind Pool

POINT LOCATION

In the depression between the upper portion of sternocleidomastoid and trapezius, on the same level with DU 16.

 

Associations

• Meeting Point of of GB, SJ, Yang Wei and Yang Qiao

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Convulsions
• Epilepsy
• Insomnia
• Stiffness/pain of neck & shoulders
• Headache
• Vertigo
• Hypertension
• Blurry vision red/painful eyes
• Decreased visual acuity
• Glaucoma
• Tinnitus
• Deafness
• Ear congestion
• Febrile disease
• Common cold
• Chills & fever
• Sinus congestion/discharge
• Epistaxis
• Hemiplegia
• Urticaria

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Clears Heat
• Expels Wind
• Subdues Yang
• Benefits eyes
• Benefits ears
• Opens Channel
• Alleviates pain