crossing point: foot taiyang, meeting of Shaoyang.

[Origin]

Rate means to influence; Gu means "horn". The point is located at the upper corner of the ear where it is affected when chewing, hence the name. Its shape is like the hidden shape of a cricket, so it is also called "Cricket Valley".

[Location]

Shuaigu (GB8) acupoint
(quoted "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Put an inch and a half of hairline into the ear,...chew it and take it out."
• Yinhai Jingwei: "Turn the ear, and the tip is half an inch above the end";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Volume Erjian (EX -HN6) Point forward and hit Wanwanzhong";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng "Higher than Qubin (GB7), eight points apart."

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: temporalis.
• Nerve: converging branch of auriculotemporal nerve and greater occipital nerve.
• Vessels: superficial temporal artery, parietal branch of vein.

[Manipulation]

transverse insertion 0.5～1.5 inches. Generally no moxibustion is used.

[Efficacy]

dispelling wind means heat, invigorating the chest and diaphragm, calming fright means removing troubles.

• Classical: headache, vertigo, vomiting, fullness, inability to eat, fluid retention, diaphragm, stomach cold, phlegm, drunkenness, wind and heat, chronic infantile convulsion.
• Modern: deafness, sensory aphasia.

[Recipe]

• Positive head wind: Sizhukong (TE23) penetrated Shuaigu (GB8).
• Acute infantile convulsion in children: Renzhong, Shuaigu (GB8), Quchi (LI11).