GB 44 Acupuncture Point

• English Name: Foot Portal Yin
• Pinyin Name: Zu Qiao Yin
• Chinese Character: 足竅陰

GB 44 Clinical Usages

• Insomnia especially with nightmares - LV/GB heat rising to effect the HT (fullness below the heart).
• Issues with the sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, tongue) related to excesses a/or stagnation - pain, inflammation, speech disorders, stiff tongue

• Blog Posts Where GB 44 Is Discussed

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• Blog Posts Concerning Acupuncture

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•   Study Recommends Acupuncture to Improve Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer Patients
•   Acupuncture Modulates the Stress Response
•   Your First Acupuncture Treatment
•   Forbidden Points in Pregnancy - Perhaps Not So Forbidden...
•   Autism Treatments - Brain Inflammation and the Role of Sky Window Acupuncture Points from the Tam Healing System
•   My Liver is What?

GB 44 Acupuncture Point Associations

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