Gall Bladder

General Characteristics

Organ / Meridian Muscle Group	General Bodily Area	Associated Tissue / Functioning	Associated Bodily System
Gall Bladder (GB)	Outside of Thigh & Glutes	Ligaments	Digestive

Meridian Muscle Group (MMG) Information: The Gall Bladder MMG is a yang meridian in the lower body, traversing the lateral aspect of the legs and thighs.

Gall Bladder is balanced by Liver, a yin MMG that traverses the medial aspect of the legs and thighs.
Kinetic Movement Pattern: Turning Outward

Associated Ailments

Associated Physical Concerns

Ankle, hip, knee, low back pain, neck, sciatica, scoliosis

Associated Injuries

Illiotibial strain, gluteal strain, piriformis strain, adductor groin strain, hamstring strain,hamstring tendon, anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament, ankle sprain, ankle instability, bunions, lower back, carpal tunnel

Physiological Concerns

Frequent flatulence, difficulty digesting fat, ligament injuries, migraine headaches, lower back problems

Associated Illness and Disease

Gall bladder problems, flatulence, fat digestion

Psychological Concerns

Fearful

Gall Bladder Muscles

The following is a list of muscles associated with the Gall Bladder meridian. Note that specific muscles are concomitant with specific meridians while some muscles are associated with several meridians. It is especially important to note that this list was created from: the exact muscles that acupuncture needles puncture through to access individual meridian points; muscles that are along the meridian pathways; muscle group agonist and antagonists; stretching experiences; trigger point theory and practice; muscle synergists.

Major Muscle Groups: Tensor fascia lata, iliotibial band, vastus lateralis, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, peroneus longus, peroneus brevis, interosseus dorsalis
Associated Muscle Groups: External oblique, internal oblique, pectoralis major, trapezius, sternocleidomastoid, capitis,frontalis, temporalis

Gall Bladder(TARGET MERIDIAN) and Liver(BALANCING MERIDIAN) Meridian Muscle Groups

Gall Bladder Meridian

Gall Bladder and Liver Meridians

Meridian Muscle Group Relationships

These are the balancing, opposing, and completing meridian muscle groups for the Gall Bladder meridian muscle group (MMG).

Balancing	Opposing (Superficial)	Opposing (True)	Completing
Liver	Sexual	Heart	Thymus

Visualizing Your Muscle Groups: There are a large number of muscles in your body. Is there a way to think about them or visualize them in a way that makes them easy to understand? Of course. Here’s how.

Think of your body as eight cylindrical tubes, four stacked on top of each other, or sixteen half tubes. In your lower and upper body, there are tubes on the front, back, outside, inside and on the four angles in between. Each of those eight cylindrical tubes contain muscles in groups that go from your feet into your trunk and head, or from your arms into your face or trunk. Well, it just so happens that each of those tubes is also exactly where the meridians are in TCM! So each major muscle group is concomitant with one meridian in TCM.
Balancing Muscle Group: Balancing muscles are located directly through the bone across from each other and have opposite directions of action. In Western anatomy, these same muscles are called agonist and antagonist of one another. Because the sixteen meridian muscle groups balance as eight pairs of muscle groups, they are called Balancing Meridian Muscle Groups. The balancing muscles are dependent on each other to make possible maximum shortening and lengthening movements, because as one side of the body shortens the other lengthens. But because both the strengthening and stretching of any muscle depends on the flexibility of its balancing muscle, the balancing muscle group is always the determining factor in developing the strength and flexibility of the muscle (assuming there is no unusual damage to the muscle group you are trying to strengthen or stretch).

The Gall Bladder MMG is a yang meridian in the lower body, traversing the lateral aspect of the legs and thighs.

Gall Bladder is balanced by Liver, a yin MMG that traverses the medial aspect of the legs and thighs.

The stretch length of the Gall Bladder MMG is limited by its balancing muscle group's ability to shorten (Liver). Stretching the balancing muscle group increases its ability to both shortenand lengthen.

The target muscle group (Gall Bladder) will stretch more successfully after the balancing muscle group has been stretched. If you still are not making optimal flexibility gains in the Gall Bladder MMG, you will need to stretch and strengthen the superficial opposing muscle group (Sexual).
Aspect of Body Lower Body Target and Balancing MMG Lower Body



















Opposing Muscle Group: The muscles that are perpendicular to one another are called opposing muscle groups (to be distinguished from balancing muscle groups that are located directly through the bone across from each other and have opposite directions of action). The action of opposing muscle groups is surprising. Their level of strength and flexibility govern the proper rotation of the muscle group that you are stretching. If your target muscle being stretched (Gall Bladder) does not increase in flexibility by stretching its balancing muscle group (Liver), then you'll need to stretch the opposing muscle groups.

Stretch the superficial opposing MMG (Sexual) to troubleshoot the target muscle group (Gall Bladder). Stretch the true opposing MMG (Heart) to develop the high personality traits necessary for optimal Gall Bladder functioning and development.
True Opposing MMG Upper Body Target and Superficial Opposing MMG Lower Body





















Completing Muscle Group: Completing muscle groups are the 'top' for lower body muscle groups and the 'bottom' for upper body muscle groups. The Gall Bladder MMG traverses the lateral aspect of the legs and its completing MMG, Thymus, traverses the lateral aspect of the arms.
Completing MMG Upper Body Target MMG Lower Body




















Energy Flow Trellis: In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), energy flows from one meridian muscle pathway to the next in a very specific order. In TCM this order is called the 'energy cycle'. This order is determined by the depth of the muscles in the body and begins with the muscles associated with the gall bladder, with the next always being its balancing muscle group, in this case liver, and then on through all the rest. The cycle always includes two lower body, then two upper body meridian muscle groups, and then repeats two more of each. Ultimately all 16 have been completed.

In the energy trellis diagram, the horizontal pairs are balancing organs in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and they are also balancing muscle groups. The diagram also houses other secrets about the interrelationships of muscles, organs, and personalities. The stretches directly above and below each other are completing meridian muscle groups, the same muscle groups above and below in your body. The stretches diagonal from each other aresuperficial opposing meridian muscle groups. The superficial opposing muscle group's completing muscle group is the true opposing muscle group.
Gall Bladder Personality Type The Genius of Decision Making and Devotion High and Low Personality Traits High Psychological Traits Low Psychological Traits Decision MakingDecisive, certain, loyal, dependable, courageous DependencyIndecisive, guilty, cowardly, secretive, demeaning High Emotional Traits Low Emotional Traits DependableI am very devoted and loyal to others. UndpendableI lack devotion to my own life. High Spiritual Traits Low Spiritual Traits DevotionalI sanctify others' lives. Self-disloyaltyI am indecisive for myself.