GB-40 Qiuxu - Wilderness Mound
More Spirit Names: Mound Ruins, Hill Ruins
| English: | Mound of Ruins |
| Also Known As: | Mound Ruins Mound Village Hilly City Wilderness Mound Hill's Ruins |
Location
- Anterior and inferior to the external malleolus, in the depression on the lateral side of the tendon of the m. extensor digitorum longus.
- In the hollow just below and slightly anterior to the lateral malleolus of the ankle.
Note: locate at the junction of the lines drawn along the anterior and inferior borders of the lateral malleolus.
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Straight insertion toward the inferior margin of the medial malleolus, 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- Perpendicular insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun, directed toward KI-6 Zhaohai.
Command Functions
- Yuan-Source point
Actions
- Spreads Liver Qi
- Benefits the Gall Bladder
- Clears the channels
- Clears Gall Bladder Heat and Damp-Heat
- Alleviates pain
- Benefits the joints
- Regulates the Shao Yang
Indications
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Combinations
| SJ-8 | GB-32 | |
Intercostal neuralgia | Rib pain | Disorders of the lower limb |
GB-1 | ST-40 | |
Superficial visual obstruction | Fullness in the chest and lateral costal region radiating to the abdomen | Stabbing pain in the chest |
LU-8 | UB-62 | |
Tension of the chest and back with a swollen sensation of the chest | Swelling of the axilla Chills and fever Swelling of the neck | Swelling of the axilla |
ST-39 | UB-63 | |
Manic raving | Cramping of the sinews | Hip pain |
Flaccidity of the legs | Pain of the ankle and heel | Malaria |
Contraindications
Notes
- This point can be used to strengthen character in order to tackle difficult tasks.
- This point is particularly good for the mental aspect of the Gall bladder such as decision making and lack of clarity.
- This point is indicated when there is Heat and Stagnant Qi in various portions of the Gall Bladder channel.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | The Source point, the 'everything point'. The mound was the burial place of the ancestors; here we receive the richness of their wisdom and draw on what they knew. Decision and judgment matter enormously, and where there is an imbalance people are in the wilderness. It gives perspective, the wholeness of the person, to bring balance and harmony to the Official, so the person can see the wider vision. Tapping into the ancestors' wisdom lets a person see where to step, take action and create commitment through action. It lifts them above the trees to see the forest, bringing them out of the wilderness into order and widening vision by letting them look out from a height. |
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| Worsley |
Location: In the hollow in front of the lateral malleolus, behind the extensor digitorum longus tendon. |
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From Class
- Rosemary: Oil that resonates with GB-40 Qiuxu; apply a drop on the point. (Yuen)