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TONGZILIAO GB-1 COMMENTARY
PupilBladder
Crevice The Gall Bladder, Gall Bladder divergent and Liver chan-
Taiyang
Kidney Shaoyang nels connect with the eye, and the Liver zang
Yangming
Meeting point of the Gall Bladder,
Pericardium (interiorly-exteriorly related to the Gall Bladder) opens
SmallSanjiao
Intestine and Sanjiao channels. into the eyes. Tongziliao GB-1, the first point of the
channel and located just lateral to the eye, is used to treat
Gall Bladder
LOCATION all kinds of eye disorders, especially when due to Liver
In theLiver
hollow on the lateral side of the orbital channel wind-heat. Whilst eye disorders may be due to
Conception
margin, approximately 0.5 cun lateral to the exterior wind-heat or interior Liver fire, in clinical prac-
outerGoverning
canthus. tice these two patterns are commonly mixed, and a person
Extra Points who suffers from interior Liver fire or Liver yang is prone
to attacks of exterior wind or wind-heat. This commonly-
Tongziliao GB-1
seen clinical situation is often referred to as Liver channel
wind-heat.
Tongziliao GB-1 is traditionally indicated for pain, swell-
ing, redness and itching of the eyes, lacrimation and
disorders of vision, and in modern times for such disor-
ders as glaucoma, photophobia, cataract, nebula, corneal
opacity, keratitis, retinal haemorrhage and atrophy of the
optic nerve. It is also commonly used for temporal head-
ache and supraorbital pain, especially due to the above
aetiologies, as well as for deviation of the mouth and eye
due to exterior or interior wind. Interestingly Tongziliao
GB-1 is included with Shaoze SI-1 in a classical prescrip-
Taiyin Shaoyin Jueyin
tion for breast pain in women. This reflects the pathway of
the Gall Bladder sinew channel to the breast.

NEEDLING
Transverse insertion posteriorly 0.2 to 0.3 cun, or extend
to connect with Taiyang (M-HN-9). Note: according to
several modern texts, this point is contraindicated to
moxibustion.
COMBINATIONS
• Internal eye obstruction: Tongziliao GB-1, Hegu
L.I.-4, Zulinqi GB-41 and Jingming BL-1 (Great Com-
pendium).
• Superficial visual obstruction: Tongziliao GB-1 and
Qiuxu GB-40 (Supplementing Life).
• Swelling of the breasts in women: Tongziliao GB-1
and Shaoze SI-1 (Illustrated Supplement).

ACTIONS
Benefits the eyes, eliminates wind and clears heat

INDICATIONS
• Eye pain, redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, lac-
rimation, lacrimation on exposure to wind, itching of
the eyes, redness and itching of the inner or outer
canthus, short sightedness, superficial visual ob-
struction, dimness of vision, night blindness.
• Deviation of the mouth and eye, throat painful ob-
struction, headache, pain of the supraorbital ridge.