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GB6

Xuanli

Star

懸釐 (Xuánlí) — Suspended Tuft

Gallbladder channel · point 6

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Gallbladder, Stomach and Triple Energiser channels

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Eye health
  • Ears & hearing

Location

On the head, within the temporal hairline, at the junction of the lower quarter and upper three-quarters of the curved line connecting ST8 and GB7.

How to locate: Find ST8 at the corner of the forehead hairline and GB7 in the temporal hairline level with the ear apex, and divide the curved line between them into quarters; the point is at the lowest quarter mark, one quarter of the way up from GB7.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: GB6 · Head & face
Fig. — GB6 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: GB6 · Head & face

GB6 · Head & face · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate
The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918
The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate

The skull, from the front · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Transverse insertion
    Depth 0.5–1.5 cun
    skindeeper

    Within the hairline: see the needling note at Hanyan GB4.

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 426 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Transverse

Functions

  • Expels wind and clears heat
  • Relieves migraine
  • Activates the channel

Indications

Migraine and temporal headachetinnitusfacial swellingred and painful eyes

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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