Acupoint+GB-21+(Jian+Jing)

**GB21 ** ** • **   **Jian Jing**    •    **Gall Bladder** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **21** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Shoulder Well. Meeting Point on the Gall Bladder Channel with the Triple Energizer and Stomach Channels. = = =Location= <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//In the suprascapular region, midway between the tip of the acromion process and below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra (C7).//

=Point Summary= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Regulates Qi Transforms Phlegm Benefits the Breasts Dissipates Nodules Expedites Labor and Delivery Activates the Channel// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Alleviates Pain// very moving; neck, arm, local pain; sends qi down; spreads LV qi; also for breast problems

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//Do Not Needle If Pregnancy or Heart Disease is known or suspected.//

=General Indications=

Functions
clears and invigorates channels; revives consciousness; sends qi down; spreads LV qi; extinguish LV wind; benefits shoulder (local)

Indications
hemiplegia due to stroke; any motor impairment of the arm; mastitis; breast abscess; difficult labor

Special Notes
TW, ST, and yang wei cross here; with GB-39 and GB-20 for stiffness in the neck; avoid with organic HT problems because so moving

=Diagnostic Indications:= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Arm Motor Impairment **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Back Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dyspnea **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hemiplegia **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Labor Difficult **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lactation Insufficient **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Mastitis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Neck Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Neck Stiffness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Shoulder Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Skin Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Uterine Bleeding Abnormal **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Windstroke **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> • ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">