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POINT: GB-1 (GALL BLADDER-1)  

English: Pupil Crevice
Also Known As: Pupil Seam
Pupil's Seam
Orbit Bone
Pupil Foramen
Hole in the Bone of the Eye
  • In the depression 0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus, on the lateral side of the orbit.
  • In the hollow on the lateral side of the orbital margin, approximately 0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus.
  • Approximately 0.5 cun lateral to the outer canthus of the eye.
  • Transverse insertion posteriorly 0.2 to 0.3 cun, or extend to connect with M-HN-9 Taiyang.
  • Transverse insertion toward M-HN-9 Taiyang 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention, sometimes extending to the ear canal.
  • Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Meeting point of the San Jiao and Small Intestine channels
  • Entry point
  • Benefits the eyes
  • Clears Heat
  • Eliminates Wind
  • Headache
  • Temporal headache
  • Nebula
  • White membrane covering the conjunctiva
  • Membrane over the eyes
  • Green blindness
  • Chicken blindness
  • Night blindness
  • Failing vision
  • Blurred vision
  • Glaucoma
  • Ametropia
  • Optic nerve atrophy
  • Visual disturbance
  • Insensitivity of the face
  • Facial paralysis
  • Facial spasms
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Swollen breast in young women
  • Short sightedness
  • Dimness of vision
  • Throat Bi
  • Pain of the supraorbital ridge
  • Photophobia
  • Retinal hemorrhage
  • Color blindness
  • Deafness
  • Pain in the odontic region
  • Tetany
  • Eyes red and painful
  • Swelling and pain of the eyes
  • Inflammation of the eyeball
  • Inflammation of the eye, beginning at the external corner with abundant secretion of mucus
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Keratitis
  • Retinitis
  • Redness of the eye with lachrymation
  • Ophthalmalgia
  • Itchy eyes with headache
  • Sore throat
  • Sore throat with a feeling of obstruction in the throat
  • Lachrymation on exposure to Wind
  • Itching of the eyes
  • Redness and itching of the inner and outer canthus
  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Deviation of mouth and eye
  • Glaucoma
  • Cataract
  • Corneal opacity
  • Supraorbital pain
  • Myopia
  • Subluxation of the maxilla
  • Shivering
  • Tendency toward sadness

SI-1
Shaoze
LIV-3
Taichong

LI-4
Hegu
GB-41
Zulingqi
UB-1
Jingming

GB-40
Qiuxu

Swollen breast in young women

Internal eye obstruction

Superficial visual obstruction

N-HN-4
Shangming
LI-4
Hegu

UB-1
Jingming

SI-6
Yanglao
ST-36
Zusanli

UB-2
Zanzhu
GB-20
Fengchi
GB-38
Yangfu

Ametropia

Night blindness

Headache

  • According to several modern texts, this point is contraindicated to moxibustion.
  • This point is especially used to treat Liver Wind-Heat (Liver Fire plus Wind Heat).
  • It is a widely used local point for eye problems.
  • This is a powerful point for overall Qi of the Gall Bladder channel.