Gall Bladder Channel

Qubin GB-7

Chinese: 曲鬓

Pinyin: Qū Bìn

Location

Within the hairline anterior and superior to the auricle, about 1 finger-breadth (0.5 cun) anterior to Jiaosun TB-20 which is on the apex of the ear. 

How to locate

Locate Qubin GB-7 at a small depression within the circumauricular temporal hairline，anterior to Jiaosun TB-20 on the apex of the ear.

Qubin GB-7 is located approximately at a junction between a horizontal line through the apex of the ear and a vertical line along the anterior border of the ear. 

 

Main actions

  1. Expels Wind
  2. Benefits the mouth and jaw

Indications

Lockjaw Vomiting Headaches Stiff neck Swollen cheek Eye deviation Mouth deviation Inability to speak

Needling

0.3–1.5 cun transversely, tangentially along the skull, in the direction of the occiput, back of the head or towards the disorder or pain.

Commentary for Qubin GB-7

Qubin GB-7 is not a major point comparing with other Gall Bladder Channel. 

Its main function is to expel Wind in the head so as to benefit the mouth and jaw.