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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.

Classical location: On the curved hairline in the middle margin of the temples. From The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸甲乙经 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.

Classical 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.

Point name meaning:

• 悬 xuán: to suspend, to hang
• 颅 lú: skull, cranium

This point is situated as if suspended on the skull between the hairline and the root of the ear, and would furthermore serve as a convenient point from which to suspend someone by their skull. Thus the point is known as Suspended Skull.

Dizziness may resemble the sensation of being hung by the head. The use of this point in treating dizziness may be a further reason for the name Suspended Skull. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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