GB05 Xuanlu (Suspended Skull)

Location

Within the hairline of the temporal region the midway of the border line connecting ST08 and GB07.

Indications

Conditions for which GB05 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using GB05

• 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 ↗)
• Headache Migraine, Headache Migraine Without Aura – ST08, GB05, GB08, GV20 (doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04349-w ↗)
• Alopecia, Alopecia Areata, Hair Loss – LI04, ST08, ST36, BL07, KD03, PC06, GB05, LV02, GV20, GV22 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2021.24.3.93 ↗)
• Headache Tension, Headache Liver Yang Hyperactivity – BL04, BL10, GB05, GB12, GB20, GV20 (doi:10.26973/d.cnki.gbjzu.2024.000180 ↗)
• Migraine, Headache Migraine, Migraine Without Aura – ST08, GB05, GB08, GV20 (doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04349-w ↗)
• Parkinson's Disease, Motor Dysfunction – LI04, LI11, ST36, SP06, KD03, GB05, GB06, GB34, LV03, GV21 (doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101814 ↗)
• Constipation, Parkinson's Disease – LI04, LI11, ST25, ST36, ST37, SP06, SP14, KD03, GB05, GB06, GB34, LV03, GV21 (doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101814 ↗)
• Headache Migraine – LU07, ST08, GB05, GB20, GV14 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Facial Paralysis Intractable – LI04, ST04, ST06, ST07, ST36, SI18, BL02, GB05, GB20, XH04, XH05, XH29 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Migraine Without Aura – LI04, GB05, GB08, GB15, GB20, LV03, GV20, XH05 (doi:10.3389/fneur.2021.680896 ↗)
• Headache – LU07, LI04, ST08, ST36, ST40, TB23, GB05, GB20, GV20, GV24 (陈勤仁. 古今针灸治疗头痛的临床选穴规律及针灸方法对比研究. , [CNKI])
• Headache Migraine – ST08, TB05, GB01, GB05, GB08, GB20, GB41, GB44 (吴聪英范庆菁陈伟刘宁李彦龙. 针刺足少阳经首尾穴治疗偏头痛临床研究. 光明中医 ., 2024 [CNKI])
• 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)
• Facial Paralysis Intractable – LI04, ST04, ST06, ST07, ST36, SI18, BL02, GB05, GB20, XH04, XH05 (Min Ding et al.. [Intractable facial paralysis treated with different acupuncture and acupoint embedding therapies: a randomized controlled trial].. PubMed, 2015)
• 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)
• Vascular Headache – TB03, GB05, GB08, GB20, LV02, XH05 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Migraine – ST36, BL18, BL20, GB05, GB08, GV20 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Hemifacial Spasm – ST02, ST04, ST05, ST07, PC06, GB05, GB08, GB20 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Headache, Liver Yang Deficiency, Liver Yang Deficiency – GB05, GB20, GB43, LV02, GV20 (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside GB05

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GB05. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• GB20Wind Pool13 protocols
• GB08Leading Valley9 protocols
• GV20100 Convergences9 protocols
• LI04Junction Valley8 protocols
• ST36Leg Three Miles8 protocols
• ST08Head Corner7 protocols
• GB06Suspended Tuft5 protocols
• LV03Great Surge5 protocols
• XH05Supreme Yang (Sun)5 protocols
• GB04Forehead Fullness4 protocols
• SP06Three Yin Intersection4 protocols
• GB34Yang Mound Spring3 protocols

Other points on the Gallbladder Meridian