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POINT: M-LE-23 

English: Gall Bladder Point
Also Known As: Gall Bladder Orifice
  • Between i and 2 cun distal to GB-34 Yanglingquan on the right leg.
    Note: The exact location of this point is determined by careful palpation to identify the point of maximum tenderness.
  • Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Straight insertion, 1 to 2 cun, causing distention and soreness extending downward.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.8 to 1.2.cun.
  • Clears Heat
  • Drains Damp
  • Acute and chronic cholecystitis
  • Acute and chronic cholelithiasis
  • Disease of the bile duct
  • Lower extremity pain and weakness
  • Muscular atrophy and numbness of the lower extremity
  • Biliary ascariasis
  • Distention and pain of the lateral costal region
  • Paralysis and numbness of the lower limb
  • Biliary colic
  • Hypochondriac pain

GB-34
Yanglingquan
LIV-14
Qimen

ST-19 (right)
Burong
REN-12
Zhongwan
LI-4
Hegu
LIV-3
Taichong

PC-6
Neiguan
GB-40
Qiuxu

Acute pain of cholelithiasis

Cholecystitis

 

  • This point is famous for its treatment of both acute and chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis.
  • It one of the few points that only exist on one side of the body.