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GB-6

Xuanli

Suspended Hair

Also known asSuspended Millimeter · Suspended Regulator

Channel
Gallbladder
Classification
Crossing

Location

  1. 01Beneath the temple, three-quarters of the way from ST-8 Touwei to GB-7 Qubin.
  2. 02In the temporal region within the hairline, at three-quarters of the span from ST-8 Touwei to GB-7 Qubin.
  3. 03Within the hairline, where the lower quarter and upper three-quarters of the distance between ST-8 Touwei and GB-7 Qubin meet.

Needling

  1. 01Insert straight in, 1 to 1.5 cun.
  2. 02Needle transversely, 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
  3. 03Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  4. 04Moxibustion may be used.

Point functions

Meeting point of the Stomach, San Jiao and Large Intestine channels

Actions

  • Expels Wind
  • Clears Heat
  • Frees the channel
  • Relieves pain

Indications

  • Migraine
  • Toothache
  • Facial swelling
  • Neurasthenia
  • Tinnitus
  • Facial skin redness and swelling
  • Heart agitation with loss of appetite
  • Hemilateral headache
  • Hemilateral headache spreading to the outer canthus
  • Outer canthus pain
  • Sneezing
  • Febrile disease with no sweating
  • Heat in the Middle Jiao

Cautions

Several modern texts list moxibustion as contraindicated at this point.