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

• 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 – 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 ↗)
• 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 ↗)
• Trigeminal Neuralgia – ST08, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB20 (WANG Li-ju. A Survey on Acupuncture Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010, 30(1): 68)
• 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)
• Paralysis Spastic Post-stroke – GB06, GB07, GV20, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D (Liu Xiafei, Bao Chunling, Dong Guirong. Using acupoint-to-acupoint penetrative needling to treat poststroke spastic paralysis: a clinical progress review. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014 October 15; 34(5): 609-615.)
• 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 Convergences7 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
• GB08Leading Valley2 protocols
• GB09Heavenly Surge2 protocols
• GB13Spirit Root2 protocols
• GB40Mound2 protocols
• GV24Spirit Court2 protocols

Other points on the Gallbladder Meridian