Fubai

1. 01Behind the ear, within the hairline, along the arc joining GB-9 Tianchong and GB-12 Wangu and roughly following the curve of the ear's rim — the point sits in a depression about a third of the way from GB-9 Tianchong toward GB-12 Wangu.
2. 02Roughly 1 cun posterior and inferior to GB-9 Tianchong, over the upper portion of the mastoid process.
3. 03Superior and posterior to the mastoid process, where the middle and upper thirds of the curved line linking GB-9 Tianchong and GB-12 Wangu meet.

1. 01Needle transversely to a depth of 0.5 to 1.5 cun; direction can vary with the presenting complaint. Rather than staying shallow, the needle should pass beneath the subcutaneous layer into the loose areolar tissue next to the skull.
2. 02Insert obliquely, 0.5 to 1 cun.
3. 03Insert subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
4. 04Moxibustion may be used.

Meeting point of the Urinary Bladder channel

• ·Frees the channel
• ·Relieves pain
• ·Clears the head
• ·Benefits the neck region

• ·Headache
• ·Heavy sensation in the head
• ·Chills and fever
• ·Toothache
• ·Deafness
• ·Tinnitus
• ·Shoulder and arm pain
• ·Difficulty raising the arm
• ·Weak, flaccid legs that cannot support walking
• ·Neck stiffness and pain
• ·Goiter
• ·Painful swelling of the neck
• ·Throat Bi
• ·Chest fullness with labored breathing
• ·Chest pain
• ·Cough producing frothy phlegm
• ·Bronchitis