11 GB05 Xuanlu Suspended Skull 懸顱
GB5 Xuanlu
Suspended Skull

懸顱穴

LOCATION

Within the hairline of the temporal region, midway of the borderline connecting Touwei (ST8) and Qubin (GB7).

Features

Meeting point of Triple Energizer, Gallbladder Meridians.

Body Inches (cun)

Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.

Nerves, vascular

The temporal branch of the auriculotemporal nerve and the apical branch of the superficial temporal arteries and veins.

Indication

Migraine,trigeminal neuralgia,neurasthenia;toothache,nasitis,rhinitis,conjunctivitis,keratitis.

Combinations

Migraine a.:GB 05 & GB 20 & TE 05.
Migraine b.:GB 05 & ST 08 & GB 11 & LI 04.
Outer canthus pain:GB 05 & TE 23 & EX-HN5 & GB 20.
Facial swelling:GB 05 & GV 26.

穴位

在頭部鬢髮上,當頭維與曲鬢弧形連線的中點處。

特點

交會穴,通手少陽。

同身寸

針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。

是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,

作为量取穴位的長度單位。

穴區神經血管

耳顳神經顳支和顳淺動、靜脈頂支。

適應症

偏頭痛,三叉神經痛,神經衰弱;牙痛,鼻炎,結膜炎,角膜炎。

穴位配伍療法

偏頭痛 a:1.懸顱 2.風池 3.外關
偏頭痛 b:1.懸顱 2.頭維 3.天衝 4.合谷
目外眥痛:1.懸顱 2.絲竹空 3.太陽 4.風池
面腫:1.懸顱 2.人中