Intersecting point: foot taiyang and shaoyang.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Fu" (浮), float or upper part; "bai" (白), white or brightness. The point is located on a prominent and visible area of the bone, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Fubai (GB10) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

In temporal region of head, posterior and superior to mastoid process, at the posterior border of ear root, 1 cun within hairline. It is located at upper one-third point of the curved line connecting Tianchong (GB9) and Wangu (GB12).

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1 cun within the hairline behind ear";
• Waitai Miyao adds: "Below the posterior border of mandible".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Nerve: branch of greater auricular nerve, internally corresponding to third speech area (Broca's area) of ​​cerebral cortex.
• Vessels: posterior auricular artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Subcutaneous insertion 0.5~1.5 cun, or penetrating Jiaosun (TE20). Moxibustion is not applied.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Benefit mouth and teeth, dispel wind.

• Classical: Heaviness in head like a stone, tinnitus, deafness, toothache, weakness and inability to control legs, atrophy and inability to walk, inability to speak, goiter.
• Modern: thyroid enlargement.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Gingiva pain: Fubai (GB10), Wangu (GB12).
• Toothache: Hegu (LI4), Neiting (ST44), Fubai (GB10), Yanggu (SI5), Sanjian (LI3).