Meaning

Declining Connection. Branch on the crown of head going to the brain.

Localization

1.5 cun posterior to Tongtian BL.7, and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline. 1.5 cun lateral to the point Bai Hui GV.20 and back to 0.5 cun.

Functions

Benefits eyes, calms the mind.

Indications

- Eye disease: decrement in visual acuity, ophthalmalgia, glaucoma.
- Disorders of the mind: madness, obsessions, psychoses, epilepsy.
- Features: involuntary convulsive contractions of the muscles of the face and neck, ringing of the ears, headache, swelling of the upper cheek, goiter.

Needling Method

Puncture obliquely 0.3 - 0.5 cun down to the point Yu Zhen BL.9 Absinthial warming.