ACUPUNCTURE
Qu Bin: TCM Acupoint Guide
QUBIN
Name
Qu Bin (Qubin)
Location
On the temple, level with the apex of the ear, roughly 1 cun anterior to SJ-20 Jiaosun. Note: this point is level with the apex of the ear when the ear is folded forward.
Needling
- Slanted insertion, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- Transverse insertion, 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
- Note: this point may be needled in any direction. Direction depends on the symptomology. Direct the needle towards the point of pain, or join to other head points.
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting point with the Urinary Bladder channel
Actions
- Eliminates wind
- Benefits the mouth and jaw
Indications
- Migraine headache
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Spasms of the temporalis muscle
- Vomiting
- Stiff neck with inability to turn the head
- Pain in the temporal region
- Infantile convulsions
- Headache
- Swelling of the cheek and submandibular region
- Lockjaw
- Loss of speech
- Deviation of the mouth and eye
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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