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GUANGMING GB-37 INDICATIONS
BrightBladder
Light • Eye pain, night blindness, itching of the eyes, long
Kidney sightedness, short sightedness.
Luo-Connecting point of the Gall Bladder channel
Pericardium • One-sided headache, grinding of the teeth, distention
Sanjiao and pain of the breast, febrile disease with absence of
LOCATION sweating, sudden mania.
Gall Bladder
On the lateral aspect of the lower leg, 5 cun superior to the • Knee pain, pain of the lower legs with inability to
Liver of the lateral malleolus, at the anterior border
prominence stand for long, atrophy disorder of the legs with diffi-
of theConception
fibula. culty in standing after sitting, atrophy disorder and
Governing painful obstruction of the lower limb with numbness,
Extra Points numbness of the body, heat and pain of the lower leg.

COMMENTARY
The Guide to the Classics of Acupuncture states “the luo-
popliteal crease connecting points are located between two channels ... if
they are punctured, symptoms of the interiorly-exteriorly
related channels can be treated”15. The Liver ‘opens’ into
the eyes, and the Liver, Gall Bladder, and Gall Bladder
divergent channels connect with the eye. Many eye dis-
11 cun

eases derive from Liver pathology, and as its name ‘Bright

Light’ suggests, Guangming GB-37, the luo-connecting
point of the Gall Bladder channel, is the principal distal
point on the channel for the treatment of a wide range of
eye disorders, including pain, redness, itching, long and
Guangming GB-37
short sightedness and night blindness.
Its second function of activating the channel and allevi-
5 cun

ating pain is important in two ways. Firstly, by dispelling

tip of lateral malleolus
LOCATION NOTE
i. The distance between the tip of the lateral malleolus
and the popliteal crease is 16 cun; locate Guangming
GB-37 just distal to the junction of the upper two thirds
and lower third of this line; ii. Above the region of
Xuanzhong GB-39, the fibula is not easily palpable
because it is covered by the peroneus brevis muscle;
therefore feel for the anterior border of the fibula
above the ankle joint where it is easily palpable and
extend a line towards the head of the fibula.
wind-damp and regulating the circulation of qi in the
lower limb, it is effective in treating a wide range of
disorders of the lower leg including knee pain, pain of the
lower legs with inability to stand for long, atrophy disor-
der and painful obstruction of lower limb with numbness
and heat, and pain of the lower leg. Secondly, the Gall
Bladder primary channel passes through the chest whilst
its sinew channel links with the breast, and Guangming
GB-37 is indicated for distention and pain of the breast
due to stagnation of Liver qi.
Finally the Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxi-
bustion gives specific indications for excess and deficiency
of the luo-connecting points. In the case of Guangming
GB-37, these are heat sensation of the lower leg, knee pain,
numbness of the body and propensity to grind the teeth
(excess); atrophy disorder of the legs with difficulty in
standing after sitting (deficiency).

NEEDLING COMBINATIONS
Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 cun. • Pain and itching of the eyes: reduce Guangming
GB-37 and Diwuhui GB-42 (Ode to Elucidate Myster-
ACTIONS ies).
Benefits the eyes • When Jingming BL-1 is ineffective in treating diseases
Dispels wind-damp, activates the channel and of the eye, combine it with Hegu L.I.-4 and
alleviates pain Guangming GB-37 (Ode of Xi-hong).
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• Grinding of the teeth: Guangming GB-37 and Zulinqi
Bladder
GB-41 (Thousand Ducat Formulas).
Kidney swollen cheeks, difficult defecation, pain-
• Headache,
ful urinary dysfunction, susceptibility to anger with
Pericardium
aSanjiao
blue-green (qing) colour, painful shan disorder and
pain of the lateral costal region, hypogastrium and
Gall Bladder
uterus: Guangming GB-37 and Taichong LIV-3
Liver Mirror).
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• Short-sightedness: Guangming GB-37, Taichong
LIV-3, Chengqi ST-1, Jingming BL-1, Fengchi GB-20
Governing
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