Name

率谷

• Shuai Gu
• Shuai: Person who speaks their mind, upright, leader; Gu: grains
• Valley of Continuity

Location

1.5 CUN above the superior vertex of the ear, in a depression in the bone.

Nature

• Crossing Point with Bladder

Actions

• Headache from alcohol or food intake (hangover relief)
• Pain, discomfort, vomiting, anguish (Excess Liver-Fire)
• Anti-addiction for alcohol and tobacco

Comments

Disperses exterior Wind, eliminates Heat, in Liver-Yang attacks.

Treatment

• Needling: 0.5-0.8 CUN transverse backward. Press on withdrawal, may bleed

Interactions

• Phlegm-Cold in diaphragm and stomach: BL-17