GB7 (Qúbìn, “Curve of the Temple Hairline”) is an acupuncture point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. It is located superior to the ear, in a depression within the curve of the hairline at the temple. A hollow is formed when the jaw is clenched. It dispels wind, clears heat, alleviates pain, and benefits the jaw and mouth.
Superior to the ear, in a depression within the curve of the hairline at the temple. A hollow is formed when the jaw is clenched.
Subcutaneous insertion 0.5-1.5 cun, often directed towards the site of pain or dysfunction.
Dispels wind, clears heat, alleviates pain, and benefits the jaw and mouth.
Neck and chin fullness, pain radiating to the teeth, lockjaw, inability to speak, tooth decay, vertex wind, dizziness with visual impairment, sudden inability to speak, dental caries.
Qubing is a key local point for disorders of the temporomandibular joint, jaw, and teeth. Its classical indications for lockjaw, difficulty speaking, and tooth pain highlight its utility for expelling wind and alleviating pain in the lateral head and face. It is particularly effective for conditions involving the muscles of mastication and the TMJ.
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 ↗
曲鬢二穴，主頷頰腫，引牙車不得開，急痛，口噤不能言，頸項不得顧，腦兩角痛，為癲風引目眇The text records that GB7 was used for swelling of the jaw and cheeks pulling on the jaw so it cannot open, acute pain, lockjaw with inability to speak, inability to turn the neck, pain at both corners of the head, and epileptic wind pulling at the eyes.
《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 ↗
曲鬢二穴，在耳上髮際曲隅陷中，鼓頷有空處，足太陽少陽之會。 針入三分，灸七壯According to this text, GB7 lies in the depression at the curved corner of the hairline above the ear, where a hollow appears when the jaw is moved, at the meeting of the foot Taiyang and Shaoyang. Needling is 3 fen, with 7 moxa cones.
《醫學入門》 Yīxué Rùmén — Introduction to Medicine, Li Chan, 1575 · 经穴起止 · Source: Wikisource ↗
曲鬓耳上入发际，曲隅陷中，鼓颔有空，以耳掩前尖处是穴。 针三分，灸三壮。 主暴喑，齿龋，颊颔肿，口噤，牙车急痛According to this text, GB7 lies above the ear inside the hairline, in the depression at the curved corner where a hollow forms when the jaw moves, at the tip reached when the ear is folded forward; needled 3 fen with 3 moxa cones. It records use for sudden loss of voice, dental caries, swelling of cheek and jaw, lockjaw and acute jaw pain.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷10 · Source: Wikisource ↗
頸頷滿，痛引牙齒，口噤不開，急痛不能言，曲鬢主之The text records that GB7 was used for fullness of the neck and jaw with pain pulling into the teeth, lockjaw, and acute pain with inability to speak.
GB7 is one of 44 points on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
GB7 (Qúbìn) is located superior to the ear, in a depression within the curve of the hairline at the temple. A hollow is formed when the jaw is clenched.
GB7 dispels wind, clears heat, alleviates pain, and benefits the jaw and mouth. Common clinical indications include neck and chin fullness, pain radiating to the teeth, lockjaw, inability to speak, tooth decay, vertex wind, dizziness with visual impairment, sudden inability to speak, dental caries.
Subcutaneous insertion 0.5-1.5 cun, often directed towards the site of pain or dysfunction.
GB7 is a point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyáng Dǎnjīng).