GB-24 - Sun and Moon

日月 - Rì yuè

Point Region: Chest

GB

Gallbladder Meridian

足少阳胆经 - Zú Shàoyáng Dǎn Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the front of the chest, in the seventh space between the ribs, 4 cun out from the midline. It is straight below the centre of the nipple, one rib below LR-14.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Find LR-14, straight below the nipple in the sixth rib space
  2. Move down one rib
  3. The point is in the seventh rib space, on the same vertical line
GB-24 (Sun and Moon) acupressure point location: On the front of the chest, in the seventh space between the ribs, 4 cun out from the midline.

How to Apply Pressure

Find the seventh rib space, four cun out from midline, below the nipple centre and one rib below LR-14. Apply gentle, steady pressure there with a fingertip. Keep it comfortable: firm but never painful, and never deep or unrelenting. Stop if it hurts. Avoid this point if you have acute gallbladder attacks requiring medical attention, severe liver disease, acute hepatitis.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Nausea
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Gallbladder disorders
  • Digestive problems
  • Liver disease
  • Abdominal distension

Related Health Concerns

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Acute gallbladder attacks requiring medical attention
  • Severe liver disease
  • Acute hepatitis

Take care:

  • Seek immediate medical attention for severe abdominal pain
  • Avoid during acute gallbladder attacks
  • Use gentle pressure on ribcage
  • Discontinue if nausea or pain increases