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S. Intestine
YUANYE GB-22 INDICATIONS
Bladder
Armpit Abyss • Cough, fullness of the chest, chills and fever, pain of
Kidney the lateral costal region, swelling of the axilla,
Pericardium
LOCATION scrofula of the axilla, sabre lumps.
On the mid-axillary line, in the fifth intercostal
Sanjiao • Pain of the shoulder and arm, inability to raise the arm.
space, approximately 3 cun inferior to the apex
Gall Bladder
of the axilla, at the level of the nipple. COMBINATIONS
Liver • Sabre lumps of the axilla: Yuanye GB-22, Zhigou SJ-6,
Conception Yuanye GB-22 Waiguan SJ-5 and Zulinqi GB-41 (Illustrated Supplement).
Governing fifth intercostal space
Extra Points

mid-axillary line

LOCATION NOTE
i. The mid-axillary line is drawn vertically down from the
apex of the axilla (Jiquan HE-1); ii. First locate the costal
cartilage of the second rib which is level with the sternal
angle, locate the second intercostal space below it and then
locate the fifth intercostal space, three spaces below that; in
males the nipple lies in the fourth intercostal space; iii. Some
sources locate this point in the fourth intercostal space.

NEEDLING
Transverse-oblique insertion along the intercostal space,
0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution: deep or perpendicular needling may induce a
pneumothorax. Note: according to several classical texts,
this point is contraindicated to moxibustion.

ACTIONS
Regulates qi and unbinds the chest
Benefits the axilla