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POINT: GB-21 (GALL BLADDER-21)

NAME: JIANJING

English: Shoulder Well
Also Known As:

LOCATION:

  • Located at the highest point of the shoulder, halfway between DU-14 Dazhui and the acromion.
  • Midway between DU-14 Dazhui and the tip of the acromion, at the crest of the trapezius muscle.
  • On the shoulder, directly above the nipple, at the midpoint of the line connecting DU-14 Dazhui and the acromion, at the highest point of the shoulder.

NEEDLING:

  • Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness extending to the shoulder region.
  • Caution: care should be taken not to insert the needle too deeply, to avoid puncturing the Lung.
  • Posterior-oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: perpendicular insertion, especially in thin patients, carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the Gall Bladder, San Jiao and Stomach channels with the Yang Wei channel.

ACTIONS:

  • Relaxes the sinews
  • Regulates Qi
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain
  • Transforms and lowers Phlegm
  • Dissipates nodules
  • Benefits the breasts
  • Expedites delivery
  • Promotes lactation

INDICATIONS:

  • Aphasia due to Windstroke
  • Hemiplegia
  • Vertigo
  • Boils
  • Carbuncles
  • Furuncles
  • Breast abscess
  • Vertex headache
  • Cough
  • Neck stiffness
  • Chest pain with fever
  • Difficult breathing with profuse mucus
  • Shoulder and back pain
  • Motor impairment of the arm and hand
  • Dyspnea
  • Qi rebellion
  • Mania-depression
  • Redness of the face
  • Prolonged labor
  • Inversion counterflow of the arms and legs following miscarriage
  • Retention of the placenta
  • Bi syndrome of the shoulders and neck
  • Torticollis
  • Pain in the renal region
  • Apoplexy with drooling
  • Cerebral anemia
  • Cerebral hyperemia
  • Metrorrhagia
  • Headache
  • Beriberi
  • Edema of the legs
  • All types of tuberculosis
  • Premature labor with the four limbs icy
  • Lochioschesis
  • Difficult labor
  • Insufficient lactation
  • Mastitis
  • Scrofula
  • Goiter
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Scrofula
  • Pain in the back of the shoulder
  • Difficult labor
  • Stiffness and pain of the neck
  • Inability to raise the hand and arm
  • Windstroke
  • Wind-taxation
  • The five taxations and seven injuries
  • Steaming bone disorder
  • Kidney Deficiency lumbar pain
  • Leg Qi ascending to attack the Heart
  • Pain of the Spleen
  • Breast pain
  • Pain and rigidity of the neck
  • Apoplexy Postpartum hemorrhage
  • Threatened miscarriage
  • Atrophy of the neck muscles
  • Head cannot be turned
  • Excess of Phlegm and saliva blocking the passages in cerebral hemorrhage
  • Pain in the arm which cannot be extended and cannot touch the head
  • Pneumonia
  • Stifling, glairy mucus obstructs the throat
  • Thyroid hypertrophy
  • All types of contusions
  • Icy feet after abortion
  • Labor pain with no dilation
  • Cramps with false labor pain

COMBINATIONS:

SI-11
Tianzong
SI-1
Shaoze

GB-20
Fengchi
LI-15
Jianyu

UB-42
Pohu

Mastitis

Shoulder pain

Inability to turn the neck

UB-12
Fengmen
SJ-3
Zhongzhu
SJ-6
Zhigou
SI-3
Houxi
SI-4
Wangu
UB-40
Weizhong

HT-3
Shaohai
PC-1
Tianchi
LIV-13
Zhangmen
GB-41
Zulinqi
SJ-6
Zhigou
GB-38
Yangfu
LI-10
Shousanli

REN-3
Zhongji

or

REN-3
Zhongji
SP-6
Zusanli

Pain of the shoulder and back

Scrofula

Retention of the placenta

LI-11
Quchi
LI-8
Xialian

ST-36
Zusanli
GB-34
Yanglingquan

LI-11
Quchi

Pain and cold of the arm

Pain and soreness of leg qi (first needle GB-21 Jianjing)

Shoulder pain

Pain of the forearm

DU-20
Baihui
DU-1
Changqiang
UB-25
Dachangshu
LI-4
Hegu
ST-30
Qichong

 

 

Rectal prolapse

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

  • Contraindicated during pregnancy
  • Use caution for those with Heart problems.

NOTES:

  • This point has three main functions:
    1. It treats Bi syndrome of the shoulders and neck.
    2. It promotes lactation in nursing mothers.
    3. It is used for many problems involved in childbirth.
  • This is a very powerful point.
  • This is a key secret point for knee problems, because it sends the Qi downwards.