GB10 (Fúbái, “Floating White”) is an acupuncture point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. It is located posterior to the ear, within the hairline, approximately 1 cun superior to the mastoid process. It dispels wind, clears heat, benefits the head and ears, descends Lung and Stomach Qi, alleviates pain.
Posterior to the ear, within the hairline, approximately 1 cun superior to the mastoid process.
Subcutaneous insertion, 0.5 to 1.5 cun, typically directed anteriorly or inferiorly.
Dispels wind, clears heat, benefits the head and ears, descends Lung and Stomach Qi, alleviates pain.
Shoulder and back pain making it difficult to raise the arm, toothache, inability to speak due to toothache, chest fullness, chest pain, fever and chills, sore throat, cough with phlegm, tinnitus, deafness, foot weakness or inability to stand properly, goiter.
Fubai is a local point on the Gallbladder channel effective for dispersing wind and clearing heat from the head, making it useful for headaches, tinnitus, and toothache. Its connection to the Bladder channel and its classical indication for shoulder and back pain suggest a broader application for channel-related pain. The mention of goiter and descending phlegm indicates its role in resolving phlegm accumulation in the neck and chest.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《針方六集》 Zhēnfāng Liùjí — Six Collections on Needling, Wu Kun, 1618 · 卷之五·紛署集 · 頭緣耳上卻行至完骨凡十二穴第五 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
浮白二穴，主寒熱喉痹，耳鳴無聞，齒痛，頸強，生癰，癭氣，胸滿不得息，肩背痛，咳逆痰沫The text records that GB10 was used for chills and fever with throat bi (obstruction), tinnitus with deafness, toothache, stiff neck, abscesses, goitre, chest fullness with difficult breathing, shoulder and back pain, and counterflow cough with frothy phlegm.
《醫學綱目·刺灸》 Yīxué Gāngmù · Cìjiǔ — Outline of Medicine: Needling and Moxibustion, Lou Ying, 1565 · 卷之八·陰陽臟腑部 · 穴法下 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
浮白二穴，在耳後，入髮際一寸，足太陽少陽之會。 針入五分，可灸三壯According to this text, GB10 lies behind the ear, 1 cun into the hairline, a meeting point of foot taiyang and shaoyang; needle insertion is 0.5 cun and it may receive 3 moxa cones.
《醫學入門》 Yīxué Rùmén — Introduction to Medicine, Li Chan, 1575 · 经穴起止 · Source: Wikisource ↗
浮白耳后入发际一寸。 针三分，灸七壮。 主齿痛，耳鸣，颈项痈肿，瘿瘤，肩背痛，手纵足缓，中满喘息，咳逆痰沫According to this text, GB10 lies behind the ear 1 cun into the hairline; it gives needling 0.3 cun and 7 moxa cones, and records use for toothache, tinnitus, swollen abscesses of the neck, goitre and tumours, shoulder and back pain, slack hands and feet, abdominal fullness with panting, and counterflow cough with frothy phlegm.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷12 · Source: Wikisource ↗
齒牙齲痛，浮白及完骨主之The text records that GB10, together with GB12, was used for decayed, painful teeth.
GB10 is one of 44 points on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
GB10 (Fúbái) is located posterior to the ear, within the hairline, approximately 1 cun superior to the mastoid process.
GB10 dispels wind, clears heat, benefits the head and ears, descends Lung and Stomach Qi, alleviates pain. Common clinical indications include shoulder and back pain making it difficult to raise the arm, toothache, inability to speak due to toothache, chest fullness, chest pain, fever and chills, sore throat, cough with phlegm, tinnitus, deafness, foot weakness or inability to stand properly, goiter.
Subcutaneous insertion, 0.5 to 1.5 cun, typically directed anteriorly or inferiorly.
GB10 is a point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyáng Dǎnjīng).