BL-19

BL-19

Punto V 19

Name

膽俞

  • Dan Shu
  • Back-Shu point of the Gall Bladder
  • Transport to offer in the Gall Bladder

Location

Below D10, 1.5 CUN lateral to Governing Vessel

Nature

Functions

  • Disorders of the Gall Bladder.
  • On a psychological level: cowardice, insecurity, anxiety, nervousness, anguish, difficulty making decisions, nightmares, startlement
  • Headache: Yang rising upward BL-19 + ST-41.
  • Shao Yang pattern: alternation of cold and heat, dizziness, nausea but unable to vomit.
  • Bitter taste in mouth, vomiting, yellow eyes, jaundice: bile problem

Comments

Used mainly for emotional problems, eliminates Heat/Dampness

Treatment

  • Needling: 0.3 - 0.5 CUN transverse
  • Moxibustion

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