Shuai Gu: TCM Acupoint Guide

NAME

SHUAIGU

LOCATION

Superior to the apex of the auricle, 1.5 cun within the hairline.
Directly above the apex of the ear and 1.5 cun above the natural hairline.
In the temporal region, in the slight depression, 1 cun directly above the apex of the ear.
Note: fold the ear forward to define the apex. Fold the ear so that the posterior part of the upper helix directly covers the anterior part of the upper helix. Do not push the whole of the ear forward.

NEEDLING

Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.
Transverse insertion 1 to 2 cun.
Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun, This point may be joined by through-needling to M-HN-9 Taiyang.
Note: This point may be needled in any direction depending on the 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 more shallowly.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS

Meeting point of the Urinary Bladder channel

ACTIONS

Removes obstructions from the channel
Benefits the ears
Eliminates Wind
Benefits the head
Alleviates pain
Harmonizes the diaphragm and Stomach
Alleviates vomiting
Treats alcohol intoxication

INDICATIONS

Migraine
Whole head migraine
Vertigo
Vomiting
Acute and chronic infantile convulsions
Incessant vomiting
Cold Stomach
Phlegm Qi diaphragm pain
Inability to eat
Agitation and fullness on eating or drinking
Injury by alcohol with vomiting
Phlegm dizziness
Edema
Pain in the eyes
nausea, fullness and vomiting
Pain in the diaphragm
Rheumatism due to alcoholism
Tinnitus
Deafness
One-sided headache
Heaviness of the head
Head Wind
Pain at the corner of the forehead (the area of ST-8 Touwei)
Deviation of the mouth and eye
Acute and chronic childhood fright Wind
Dizziness
Eye disorders
Nervous headache
Pain in the brain
Yin symptoms in the Stomach
Sensations of fullness in the chest and Stomach
Epidermal swelling

COMBINATIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

NOTES

This is a widely used local point for ear problems from Liver Yang Rising. This is an important for treating temporal or parietal headache and heaviness, especially when unilateral. It is particularly indicated when Exterior Wind Attacks the head or for Liver Yang Rising, Liver Fire or Liver Wind causing one-sided head ache.