RIYUE

NAME

RIYUE

LOCATION

Directly below the nipple, in the seventh intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Located on the mammilary line in the seventh intercostal space.
One rib below LIV-14 Qimen, in the seventh intercostal space.
Note: First locate the second intercostal space, just below the sternal angle, then locate the seventh intercostal space, five spaces below that. In males the nipple lies in the fourth intercostal space.

NEEDLING

Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Transverse-oblique insertion along the intercostal space 0.5 to 1 cun.
Caution: deep or perpendicular insertion may cause a pneumothorax.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS

Front-Mu point of the Gall Bladder
Meeting point with the Spleen and Yang Wei channels

ACTIONS

Resolves Damp-Heat
Promotes the functions of the Gall Bladder and Liver
Benefits the Gall Bladder
Spreads Liver Qi
Lowers Rebellious Qi
Harmonizes the Middle Jiao

INDICATIONS

Jaundice
Hypochondriac pain and distention
A feeling of heaviness
Nausea
A sticky yellow tongue coat
Gall stones
Acute diseases of the biliary tract
Gastric and duodenal ulcers
Shoulder pain
Intercostal pain
Intercostal neuralgia
Difficulty speaking
Sighing
Fatigued extremities
Distention, fullness and pain of the lateral costal region
Epigastric pain
Abdominal distention
Heat of the hypogastrium
Rigid outlook (everything id black and white)
Vomiting
Acid regurgitation
Hiccup
Mastitis
Pain in the ribs and sides
Pain in the chest and hypochondrium
Acute and chronic hepatitis
Cholecystitis
Oppression and anguish
Frequent sighing and groaning
Wants to run
Speaks indistinctly
Paralysis of the four limbs
Sensation of Heat in the lower abdomen
Much spittle
Sighing with a tendency to sadness
Loss of the use of the four limbs

COMBINATIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

NOTES

This is an important to resolve Damp-Heat affecting the Gall Bladder and Liver.