Guangming GB37 : Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication, Method

Nomenclature:

Guangming: Brightness
Guangming is a luo connecting point of the gall bladder meridian and is indicated in eye diseases to regain the brightness of the eyes.

Point: GB37
Chinese Name: 光明
Name: Guangming
English Name/Meaning: Bright Light
Pinyin: guāng míng
Han Geul 한글: gwang myeong 광명
Romaji: kō mei?
Vietnamese: Quang minh

Location:

5 cun above the tip of the external malleolus, on the anterior border of the fibula.

Functions:

• Regulates liver and brightens eyes (eye pain, night blindness, near/ far sightedness).
• Expels wind damp.

Indication:

• Guangming is main point for vision problems like short eyesight, night blindness, optic atrophy, blurred vision.
• Also treats migraine, distending pain in the breasts, insufficient lactation.
• Local disorders: Atrophy or paralysis of the lower limbs, difficulty in standing.

Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 cun

Remark:

Luo-Connecting Point.
Remote main point for eye diseases.