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GB41

Zulinqi

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足臨泣 (Zúlínqì) — Foot Overlooking Tears

Gallbladder channel · point 41

Not yet clinically reviewed

Shu-Stream pointWood pointWood point of the Gallbladder channelHorary pointConfluent point of the Dai Mai

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Eye health
  • Cough & breathing
  • Menstrual & women's health

Location

On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the junction of the bases of the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, lateral to the tendon of extensor digitorum longus to the little toe.

How to locate: Have the patient lift and spread the toes to show the extensor tendon to the little toe; slide proximally along the groove between the fourth and fifth metatarsals, past GB42, to the depression just distal to where the bases of the two bones meet, lateral to that tendon.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: GB41 · Foot
Fig. — GB41 · Foot After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: GB41 · Foot

GB41 · Foot · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the foot, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Bones of the foot, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the foot, dorsal · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.5–1 cun
    skindeeper

    At the wrong angle the needle will not pass between the fourth and fifth metatarsal shafts.

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 460 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Opens and regulates the Dai Mai
  • Spreads Liver qi and relieves breast distension
  • Transforms phlegm and dissipates nodules
  • Clears heat from the head and eyes
  • Relieves migraine and lateral pain

Indications

Migraine and one-sided headachebreast distension and mastitisirregular menstruation and vaginal dischargered and painful eyeshypochondriac paindizzinessswelling of the footscrofula

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, GB41 at the foot balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open GB41

The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.

  • 甲申 15:00–17:00 Na Jia Fa, 庚-day sequence · Shu-Stream (俞)

    「甲申臨泣為俞木」

    Next: Fri 23 Oct, 15:00

A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →

Clinical Notes

Paired with TE5 as the Dai Mai/Yang Wei opening combination — the standard prescription for migraine, and for premenstrual breast distension.

Combinations Using This Point

Dai Mai Pair — TE5 and GB41

The opening pair of the Girdling Vessel and Yang Wei — for migraine, the lateral body and premenstrual breast distension.

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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