NAME
FUBAI
LOCATION
Posterior to the ear, along the curved line drawn from GB-9 Tianchong to GB-12 Wangu running within the hairline and more or less parallel to the line of the rim of the ear, in a depression about one third of the distance between GB-9 Tianchong to GB-12 Wangu.
About 1 cun below and posterior to GB-9 Tianchong on the superior part of the mastoid process.
Posterior and superior to the mastoid process, at the junction of the middle third and upper third of the curved line connecting GB-9 Tianchong to GB-12 Wangu.
NEEDLING
Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
Note: this point may be needled in any direction depending on symptomology. The needle should be inserted deep to the subcutaneous layer, into the loose areolar tissue adjacent to the bone of the skull, rather than shallowly.
Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun,
Moxibustion is applicable.
COMMAND FUNCTIONS
Meeting point of the Urinary Bladder channel
ACTIONS
Clears the head
Benefits the neck region
Activates the channel
Alleviates pain
INDICATIONS
Headache
Heaviness of the head
Chills and fever
Toothache
Deafness
Tinnitus
Pain of the shoulder and arm
Inability to raise the arm
Flaccidity of the legs with inability to walk
Stiffness and pain of the neck
Goiter
Swelling and pain of the neck
Throat Bi
Fullness of the chest with dyspnea
Chest pain
Cough with expectoration of Phlegm and foam
Bronchitis
COMBINATIONS
| GB-12 Wangu | ||
| Toothache and tooth decay |