Gallbladder 38

GB 38 / Yang Fu / Yang Assistance

POINT LOCATION

4 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, on the anterior border of the fibula.

 

Associations

• Jing-River Point of the Gallbladder Channel

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Headache
• Migraine
• Red & painful eyes
• Bitter taste
• Hypochondriac pain/congestion
• Scrofula
• Malaria
• Lower back pain
• Pain along the channel

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Clears Heat
• Subdues Liver Yang
• Harmonizes Shao Yang
• Benefits the sinews
• Opens Channel
• Alleviates pain