Gallbladder Channel (GB)

Circuit: Human 人 – PC → SJ → GB → LIV

Organs connected: GB, LIV

Pathway

1. Starts at the outer corner of the eye, where two branches arise.
2. One branch stays on the surface, zigzags across the side of the head, then curves behind the ear to reach the top of the shoulder (crossing: ST-8, SJ-22, SJ-20, SI-17, DU-14, UB-11, SI-12; ear branch: SJ-17, SI-19, ST-7).
3. It carries on downward in front of the armpit
4. and along the side of the rib cage to the hip region.
5. The second branch travels internally through the cheek (crossing: ST-5, ST-6)
6. and on internally through the neck
7. and chest to reach the LIV (crossing: LIV-13)
8. and its own organ, the GB.
9. Going further down, this branch comes out at the side of the lower abdomen and joins the other branch in the hip area (crossing: UB-31, UB-32, UB-33, UB-34).
10. The Meridian then descends the lateral thigh
11. and knee to the side of the lower leg, and on down in front of the outer ankle.
12. It crosses the top of the foot and ends at the lateral side of the tip of the fourth toe.
13. A branch leaves just below the ankle and crosses the foot to the big toe, linking with the LIV Meridian.

Crossing Points

ST-8, SJ-22, SJ-20, (SI-17), DU-14, UB-11, SI-12, SJ-17, SI-19, ST-7, ST-5, ST-6, (LIV-13), (UB-31), (UB-32), (UB-33), (UB-34)

Gallbladder Luo

Luo point: GB-37

Pathway

1. Branches off the primary channel at GB-37.
2. Links with the LIV channel.
3. Runs down and spreads over the dorsum of the foot.

Symptoms

• Cold feet, paralysis of the lower limbs and inability to stand upright, (fainting).