Yanglingquan GB34 : Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication, Method

Nomenclature:

Yang: Yang of yin-yang             Ling: mound             Quan: Spring
The lateral is Yang. The head of the fibula at the lateral aspect of the knee is prominent as a mound below which in the depression yanglingquan is located , like a spring.

Point: GB34
Chinese Name: 阳陵泉
English Name/Meaning: Yang Mound Spring
Pinyin: yáng líng quán
Han Geul 한글: yang neung cheon 양릉천
Romaji: yō ryō sen
Vietnamese: Dương lăng tuyền

Location:

In the depression anterior and inferior to the small head of the fibula.

Functions of Yanglingquan:

• Benefits Liver and Gall Bladder (spreads flow of Liver Qi).
• Resolves damp heat from Liver channel (fullness, distension).
• Removes obstruction from channel (wind, damp, stagnation, arthritis, atrophym Bi syndrome, windstroke).
• Relax and strengthen sinew and bones.

Indication:

• Yanglingquan is most important points for treating disorders of GallBladder:Jaundice, bitter taster in mouth, hiccups, vomiting, hepatitis, choldcystits, cholelithisis (cholecyslolithiasis), ascariasis of the gallbladder.
• Also good for Migraine, pain in the hypochondriae and costal region, sciatic neuralgia.
• Local disorders: Pain in the knee joint hemiplegia.

Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 1-1.5 cun.

Remark:

• He-Sea Point.
• Lower He-Sea Point of the Gallbladder.
• One of the Eight Influential Points.
• A point related to the functions of tendons.
• Main point for Sciatica, shoulder disorders.