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point

GB-37: VII-37: guang ming

acupuncture

definition

guang ming = bright light; bright and clear (eyes)

Luo Connecting point of the Foot Xiao Yang (Gall Bladder) channel with a Divergent channel of the Foot Jue Yin (Liver) channel

location: 5 cun superior to the lateral malleolus, on the anterior border of the fibula.

actions: dispels Wind and Damp; dissipates Heat, esp. from the Liver; stimulates anterior lobe of the pituitary (Finkelstein, p. 70); reduces and clears Fire of the Liver and Gall Bladder; regulates the Liver; clears and brightens vision; transforms Damp-Heat; relaxes the muscles and sinews; invigorates the channels

indications: mania; psychosis, esp. of sudden onset; seizures; chills and fever without sweating; migraine headache; all eye conditions; atrophy of optic nerve; night blindness; pain and itching of the eye; breast pain and distension, esp. premenstrual; blockage and numbness of the leg; soreness of leg and knee; flaccid paralysis of the lower extremities; difficulty standing for extended periods of time; muscular pain in legs, esp. pain of the calf due to gastrocnemius spasm; neuralgia in calves

needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 1.0 - 1.5 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness, which often spreads upward to the knee and downward to top of the foot

moxa: 3 - 5 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 20 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole

combinations:

» with tou guang ming, GB-20 and St-1 for early stage of cataracts (Shanghai, p. 277);

» with UB-1, if UB-1 alone is not effective in treating the eyes (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 322).

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