POINT: GB-41 (GALL BLADDER)

English:	Foot Governor of Tears
Also Known As:	Foot Close to Tears Near Tears on the Foot Foot Falling Tears Foot Verge of Tears Foot Above Tears Foot Just Before Weeping Lying Down to Weep Crying Foot

In the depression, distal to the junction of the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, on the lateral side of the extensor digiti minimi tendon.
In the depression, distal to the junction of the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, on the lateral side of the tendon of the m. extensor digitorum longus (branch to the little toe.
Note: Ask the patient to abduct the little toe in order to make the branch of the m. extensor digitorum longus more prominent. Run a finger from GB-43 Xiaxi towards the ankle, along the interspace between the fourth and fifth metatarsals until it passes over this branch into the significant depression immediately beyond the depression.
In the hollow just in front of the union of the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones.
Posterior to the fourth metatarsophalangeal joint, in the depression lateral to the tendon of the m. extensor digiti minimi of the foot.

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Incorrect angle of insertion will not allow the needle to pass between the shafts of the fourth and filth metatarsal bones.
Straight insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun causing local distention and soreness possibly extending to the tip of the fourth toe.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.

UB-1 Jingming GB-1 Tongziliao LI-4 Hegu	UB-1 Jingming GB-20 Fengchi SI-4 Wangu	DU-20 Baihui SJ-2 Yemen SI-3 Houxi SI-2 Qiangu UB-18 Ganshu
Internal eye obstruction	Cold lachrymation	Lachrymation
UB-63 Jinmen LI-4 Hegu	GB-37 Guangming	GB-38 Yangfu GB-42 Diwuhui UB-39 Weiyang UB-62 Shenmai PC-1 Tianchi or GB-40 Qiuxu GB-38 Yangfu
Deafness	Grinding of the teeth	Swelling of the axilla
GB-22 Yuanye SJ-6 Zhigou SJ-5 Waiguan	HT-3 Shaohai PC-1 Tianchi LIV-13 Zhangmen SJ-6 Zhigou GB-38 Yangfu GB-21 Jianjing LI-10 Shousanli	LI-1 Shangyang KI-3 Taixi
Saber lumps of the axilla	Scrofula	Swelling of the supraclavicular fossa (ST-12 Quepen)
UB-14 Jueyinshu HT-7 Shenmen	SJ-10 Tianjing	GB-35 Yangjiao
Heart pain	Chest Bi Heart pain	Fullness of the chest
GB-34 Yanglingquan LI-9 Shanglian	SI-1 Shaoze	ST-39 Xiajuxu ST-36 Zusanli GB-43 Xiaxi LU-10 Yuji UB-40 Weizhong SI-1 Shaoze
Fullness of the abdomen and lateral costal region	Swelling of the breasts in women	Breast abscess
SP-6 Sanyinjiao REN-3 Zhongji	SP-6 Sanyinjiao	GB-37 Guangming
Inhibited menstruation	Pain at the hip with difficulty walking Pain of the skin of the lateral aspect of the leg	Stops lactation
GB-20 Fengchi ST-40 Fenglong
Headache and vertigo

This is an indispensable point to spread Liver Qi, especially when it is stagnated along the Gall Bladder channel.
It is an important point to adjust the fluid in the eyes.
This point is important to resolve Damp-Heat in the genitals.
This is a first aid point.