Intersecting point: foot taiyang and shaoyang.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Shuai" (率), to lead or pull; "gu" (谷), valley, also written as "角" (corner). The point is located above ear at a place that moves during chewing, hence the name. Its shape is also reminiscent of a cricket hiding, so it is also called "cricket valley" (蟀谷).

bubble_chart Location

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

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1.5 cun within hairline above ear... located by chewing";
• Yinhai Jingwei: "Fold ear, and the point is at the tip, 1.5 cun from the end";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Roll ear forward, and the point is at the depression where the tip points";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng "Located 0.8 cun above Qubin (GB7)".

bubble_chart Anatomy

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

bubble_chart Manipulation

Horizontal insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun. Moxibustion is generally not applied.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispel wind-heat, benefit chest and diaphragm, calm fright and relieve irritability.

• Classical: headache, vertigo, vomiting, irritability and fullness, inability to eat, cold phlegm in diaphragm and stomach, wind-heat from alcohol intoxication, acute and chronic convulsions in children.
• Modern: deafness, sensory aphasia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Migraine and headache: Sizhukong (TE23) penetrated Shuaigu (GB8).
• Acute convulsion in children: Renzhong, Shuaigu (GB8), Quchi (LI11).