Riyue (GB24)
Riyue (GB24), “Sun and Moon”, is a point on the Gallbladder meridian. It is point 24 of the 44 on the channel. Front-Mu of the Gallbladder: drains Damp-Heat, resolves jaundice and relieves hypochondriac pain.
Location
On the chest, in the seventh intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior median line.
Functions according to tradition
Front-Mu of the Gallbladder: drains Damp-Heat, resolves jaundice and relieves hypochondriac pain.
Traditional indications
- Jaundice
- Hypochondriac pain
- Acid vomiting
- Sighing
- Biliary colic
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
What its classification means
On the chest or abdomen, where the Qi of an organ “gathers”. Its tenderness to pressure guides diagnosis; it is used more in acute conditions and those of the fu organs.
Precautions
Needle obliquely: the lung lies beneath.
Points on other channels with similar indications
They share several traditional indications with this point. Comparing them helps understand why one or the other is chosen.
- BL19 Danshu (Bladder): Hypochondriac pain, Jaundice
- BL48 Yanggang (Bladder): Jaundice
- BL18 Ganshu (Bladder): Hypochondriac pain, Jaundice
- HT2 Qingling (Heart): Hypochondriac pain, Jaundice
- BL47 Hunmen (Bladder): Hypochondriac pain
- BL49 Yishe (Bladder): Jaundice
Point profile
- Code
- GB24
- Pinyin name
- Rì Yuè
- Characters
- 日月
- Translation
- Sun and Moon
- Meridian
- Gallbladder
- Element
- Wood
- Classification
- Front-Mu
- Topics
- Gallbladder, Digestion, Jaundice
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