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I didn't quote the entire article. It also includes diagrams of the Gall

Bladder meridian and GB acupoints.

 

For those interested in 5 Elements, the Liver (Yin Organ) and the Gall

Bladder (Yang Organ) are " coupled " Wood Organs.

 

" Known as the 'Honorable Minister', the gall bladder is in charge

of the

'Central Clearing Department'. It secretes the pure and potent

bile fluids

required to digest and metabolize fats and oils, and its energy

provides

muscular strength and vitality. It works with the lymphatic

system to clear

toxic by-products of metabolism from the muscular system,

thereby

eliminating muscular aches and fatigue. In the Chinese system,

the common

tension headache is caused by obstruction in the gall-bladder

meridian,

which runs up over the shoulders and back of the neck to the top

of the head

and forehead. Hence such headaches are usually accompanied by

neck and

shoulder tension.

 

" The gall bladder governs daring and decisiveness. In Chinese,

the word for

'daring' is da dan ('big gall'). The English language also

acknowledges

this psychophysiological relationship with the phrase 'a lot of

gall'. An

old Chinese adage states: 'The gall bladder is daring, the heart

is

careful', which reflects the stimulating generative influence of

Wood to

Fire.

 

" Gallbladder

 

" Paired Organ Liver

Color yellow green

Peak Hours 11pm-1am

Mental Qualities resentment

Physical Branches eyes, tendons, tears, nails

Functions stores and excretes bile, one of the Six Extraordinary

Organs "

 

http://www.lieske.com/channels/5e-gallbladder.htm

 

The peak hours for the Liver is between roughly 1 am and 3 am. If a person

awakens routinely between the hours of 1 am and 3am this can indicate Liver

imbalance. This isn't limited to just Liver Yin Deficiency. (One of the

symptoms of Yin Deficiency is waking frequently during the night.) Yin

Deficiency by itself is not " regular " . The person is more likely to wake up

at various times during the night from night to night (differing each night)

with Yin Deficiency than for the waking time to be " regular " . If the person

wakes up regularly between 1 and 3 am, this can point to any of a number of

Liver imbalances. If the person has trouble getting back to sleep, there

may also be Gall Bladder Deficiency.

 

Problems with the eyes and vision and/or the finger and toe nails can point

to Liver and/or Gall Bladder problems. The Liver " manifests in the eyes. "

 

Actually, tension-like headaches also can be due to problems in the Bladder

meridian. Either can be one-sided, unlike the usual " tension " headaches

which affect both sides of the neck equally. In the case of the

Bladder-connected headaches affecting the neck, what you're usually looking

at is Wind Cold or Wind Heat invading the Bladder and Small Intestine

meridians. The Bladder and the Small Intestine are the first affected by

Exterior invasion of a Pernicious Evil (Wind, Cold, Heat, Damp).

 

Victoria

 

 

 

 

 

 

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