GB06 Xuanli (Suspended Tuft)

Location

Within the hairline at the junction of the lower ¼ and upper ¾ of the distance between ST08 and GB07.

Indications

Conditions for which GB06 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using GB06

• Trigeminal Neuralgia – ST08, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB20 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(10)60018-0 ↗)
• Paralysis, Motor Dysfunction, Ischemic Stroke, Hemiparesis Upper Limb – GB06, GB07, GV20, GV21 (doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1611-y ↗)
• Paralysis, Paralysis Facial, Urinary Dysfunction, Sensory Disturbance, Stroke Hemorrhagic, Neurological Deficit Acute – ST04, ST06, ST07, BL08, GB06, GB18, GV20 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000005562 ↗)
• Disability Musculoskeletal, Osteonecrosis Femoral Head Bilateral, Hip Bilateral Pain, Femoral Head Necrosis – LI04, LI11, ST36, SP06, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB13, GB14, GB20, GB30, GB31, GB34, LV03 (doi:10.15171/jlms.2018.28 ↗)
• Speech Impairment, Communication Impaired, Stroke Sequela, Aphasia Broca – GB04, GB06, MS06, MS10 (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046609 ↗)
• Paralysis Lower Limb, Gait Impairment, Motor Dysfunction Post-stroke – GB06 (doi:10.1186/s12984-025-01827-1 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Stiffness Neck, Limited Range Of Motion Neck – GB06, GB20 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2018.01.002 ↗)
• Paralysis Upper-limb, Motor-impairment Hemiplegia, Stroke Cerebral-infarction, Sensory-disorder – GB06, GB07, GV20, GV21, MS06, MS07 (doi:10.3390/brainsci10020087 ↗)
• Bradykinesia, Paralysis Motor, Postural Instability, Stroke Ischemic Bilateral Basal Ganglia, Impaired Self-care – GB06, GV21, MS06 (doi:10.3389/fneur.2025.1604342 ↗)
• Encephalopathy, Cognitive Impairment, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – LI04, ST40, SP06, PC06, TB20, GB04, GB06, GB09, LV03, GV26 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1818476 ↗)
• Stroke, Hemiplegia, Motor Lower Limb Problems, Gait Disorder – GB06, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D, MS06 (doi:10.1186/s12984-025-01827-1 ↗)
• Paralysis Spastic Post-stroke – GB06, GB07, GV20, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(15)30071-6 ↗)
• Headache Migraine, Migraine Without Aura – GB04, GB06, GV20, GV21, GV24, XH03 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20201203-k0007 ↗)
• Ischemic Stroke, Headache Migraine – GB06, GB08, GB20, GB40, GB41, GV20 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.11.003 ↗)
• Stroke, Gait Impairment, Motor Function Lower Limb, Hemiplegia Post-stroke – GB06, MS06 (doi:10.1186/s12984-025-01827-1 ↗)
• Hemiplegia, Intracerebral Hemorrhage – ST04, ST06, ST07, BL08, GB06, GB18, GV20, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D, XH03, XH05 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000005562 ↗)
• Mental Disorder – KD06, PC04, PC05, PC06, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB07, GB08, GB09, GB10, GB11, GB40 (Zheng Lingling et al.. [Experience of professor LI Zhidao in the treatment of mental disorders by "regulating the heart and smoothing the liver"].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2016)
• Depression – ST08, GB06, GB07, GB13, GB15, GV20, GV24 (AO Yu-tian et al.. Effect of “Xingshen-Jieyu” electroacupuncture on serum differential metabolites in patients with depression based on metabolomics. 针刺研究, 2024)

Most often selected alongside GB06

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GB06. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• GV20100 Convergences8 protocols
• GB04Forehead Fullness6 protocols
• GB07Temporal Hairline Curve5 protocols
• MS06Anterior Oblique Line of Vertex-Temporal5 protocols
• GB20Wind Pool4 protocols
• GV21Before The Vertex4 protocols
• GB05Suspended Skull3 protocols
• XH01AFour Spirit Brightness3 protocols
• XH01BFour Spirit Brightness3 protocols
• XH01CFour Spirit Brightness3 protocols
• XH01DFour Spirit Brightness3 protocols
• BL08Declining Connection2 protocols

Other points on the Gallbladder Meridian