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Indications
13
Protocols
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Location
Within the hairline of the temporal region the at the junction of the upper ¼ and lower ¾ of the distance between ST08 and GB07.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which GB04 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Deviation EyeFacial DroopEpilepsyEyesight / Vision DizzyDizzy VisionHeatWrist StiffnessImmobility WristPainEar Earache PainHeadacheMigraineHeadache One-sided PainHead Temple Ex Hn 5 Taiyang PainHead Temple Ex-hn-5 Taiyang PainNeck PainToothacheWrist PainEye Canthus Lateral RednessExcessive SneezingMuscle SpasmsChannel StagnationSweatingTetanusTinnitusWindWind HeadWind Joints
Protocols using GB04
- Trigeminal Neuralgia – ST08, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB20 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(10)60018-0 ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- Fatigue, Anxiety, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Depression, Insomnia, Photophobia, Neck Stiffness, Phonophobia, Headache Medication-overuse, Chronic Migraine, Chronic Daily Headache, Head Throbbing Pain – LI04, ST25, ST28, ST36, ST40, SP09, SI03, BL10, TB05, TB17, GB04, GB08, GB15, GB18, GB20, GB34, GB41, GB43, LV03, CV04, CV06, CV12, GV20, GV24 (doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30417 ↗)
- Headache Migraine – GB04, GB08, GB20, GB34, GB40, GB41 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2014.10.004 ↗)
- Encephalopathy, Cognitive Impairment, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – LI04, ST40, SP06, PC06, TB20, GB04, GB06, GB09, LV03, GV26 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1818476 ↗)
- Headache Migraine, Migraine Without Aura – GB04, GB06, GV20, GV21, GV24, XH03 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20201203-k0007 ↗)
- Headache Migraine, Headache Medication-overuse, Chronic Migraine – LI04, ST25, ST28, ST36, ST40, SP09, SI03, BL10, TB05, TB17, GB04, GB08, GB15, GB18, GB20, GB34, GB41, GB43, LV03, CV04, CV06, CV12, GV20, GV24, XB02C3, XB02C4, XH03 (doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30417 ↗)
- Oculomotor Nerve Palsy – LI04, LI06, LI11, ST02, ST03, BL01, BL02, TB05, TB23, GB01, GB04, GB14, GB20, XH43 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190514-k0006 ↗)
- Spasm Facial – ST08, GB04, GB06, GB07, GB08, GB13, GV20, GV24 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- 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)
- Headache Menstrual – SP06, GB04, GB05, GB08, GB20, GB43, LV03, GV20, XH05, AT06, CYC08, CYC10, IAC03, TF10 (Sun Li-hong et al.. [Body acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure for menstrual headache: a randomized controlled clinical trial].. Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research, 2015)
- Arthritis, Joint Pain – PC04, GB04, GB20, LV03 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
Most often selected alongside GB04
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GB04. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- GB20Wind Pool8 protocols
- GB06Suspended Tuft7 protocols
- GB08Leading Valley6 protocols
- LV03Great Surge6 protocols
- GV20100 Convergences5 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley5 protocols
- GB05Suspended Skull4 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring4 protocols
- GV24Spirit Court4 protocols
- GB41Foot Governor Of Tears3 protocols
- GB43Narrow Stream3 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection3 protocols