L. Intestine CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS Stomach Gall Bladder Channel Spleen Heart S.

Intestine TONGZILIAO GB-1

General Index Indications Index Point Names Index Glossary Points Index General General General Index Index Index Indications Indications Indications Index Index Index Point Point Point Names Names Names Index Index Index Glossary Glossary Glossary Points Points Points Index Index Index Index Index Names Index Points Index General Index Indications Indications Index Point Point Names Index Glossary Glossary Points Index General Previous Point Next Point Combinations Index Previous Previous Previous Point Point Point Next Next Next Point Point Point Combinations Combinations Combinations Index Index Index 1 See Notes Previous Point Point Combinations Index Previous Point Next Next Point Combinations Index

COMMENTARY

PupilBladder Crevice Kidney Taiyang Shaoyang Meeting point of the Gall Bladder, Pericardium
SmallSanjiao Intestine and Sanjiao channels.
LOCATION

Gall Bladder

Liver In the hollow on the lateral side of the orbital Conception margin, approximately 0.5 cun lateral to the outerGoverning canthus. Extra Points
Tongziliao GB-1

Taiyin

Shaoyin

The Gall Bladder, Gall Bladder divergent and Liver channels connect with the eye, and the Liver zang Yangming (interiorly-exteriorly related to the Gall Bladder) opens into the eyes. Tongziliao GB-1, the first point of the channel and located just lateral to the eye, is used to treat all kinds of eye disorders, especially when due to Liver channel wind-heat. Whilst eye disorders may be due to exterior wind-heat or interior Liver fire, in clinical practice these two patterns are commonly mixed, and a person who suffers from interior Liver fire or Liver yang is prone to attacks of exterior wind or wind-heat. This commonlyseen clinical situation is often referred to as Liver channel wind-heat. Tongziliao GB-1 is traditionally indicated for pain, swelling, redness and itching of the eyes, lacrimation and disorders of vision, and in modern times for such disorders as glaucoma, photophobia, cataract, nebula, corneal opacity, keratitis, retinal haemorrhage and atrophy of the optic nerve. It is also commonly used for temporal headache and supraorbital pain, especially due to the above aetiologies, as well as for deviation of the mouth and eye due to exterior or interior wind. Interestingly Tongziliao GB-1 is included with Shaoze SI-1 in a classical prescripJueyin tion for breast pain in women. This reflects the pathway of the Gall Bladder sinew channel to the breast.
COMBINATIONS

NEEDLING

Transverse insertion posteriorly 0.2 to 0.3 cun, or extend to connect with Taiyang (M-HN-9). Note: according to several modern texts, this point is contraindicated to moxibustion.
ACTIONS

Internal eye obstruction: Tongziliao GB-1, Hegu L.I.-4, Zulinqi GB-41 and Jingming BL-1 (Great Compendium). Superficial visual obstruction: Tongziliao GB-1 and Qiuxu GB-40 (Supplementing Life). Swelling of the breasts in women: Tongziliao GB-1 and Shaoze SI-1 (Illustrated Supplement).

Benefits the eyes, eliminates wind and clears heat

INDICATIONS

Eye pain, redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, lacrimation, lacrimation on exposure to wind, itching of the eyes, redness and itching of the inner or outer canthus, short sightedness, superficial visual obstruction, dimness of vision, night blindness. Deviation of the mouth and eye, throat painful obstruction, headache, pain of the supraorbital ridge.