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Alternate names: 米囓 mǐ niè, Rice Bite; 米啮 mǐ niè, Rice Bite; 髓孔 suǐ kōng, Marrow Hole; 髓中 suǐ zhōng, Marrow Center

Channel: GB, Foot Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Gallbladder Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the head, slightly posterior to the temporal hairline, midway between ST-8 and GB-7 along a line connecting these two points.

Classic location: On the curved hairline in the middle margin of the temples. (Zhēn Jiǔ Jiǎ Yǐ Jīng)

Local anatomy: See GB-4.

Action: Courses wind and quickens the network vessels; disperses swelling and relieves pain.

Modern indications: Hemilateral headache; painful red swollen eyes; toothache; pain in the outer canthus.

Classic indications: Vexation and fullness with absence of sweating in febrile disease; toothache; facial swelling.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn backward transverse insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 3 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the hand and foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) (TB and GB) and stomach channels.

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