Atlas of Acupuncture

4 Acupuncture Points of the Twelve Primary Channels

Location

1.5 cun superior to the anterior hairline, on the pupil line or 2.25 cun

lateral to the midline (midway between ➞Du-24and ➞ST-8).

How to find

Locate the anterior hairline (➞3.1.1, with hairloss: when the

patient frowns, the anterior hairline is marked by the border

between the creased forehead and the smooth skin above). With

the patient looking straight ahead, G.B.-16is located 1.5 cun

superior to the anterior hairline, on a vertical line through the

centre of the pupil. This line is located 2.25 cun lateral to the

midline (this corresponds to the midpoint of the distance

between ➞Du-24and ➞ST-8). For further orientation: The dis-

tance between the anterior hairline and ➞Du-20(at the junction of

the vertical midline and a line connecting the apices of the ears)

is 5 cun. ➞G.B.-16is located 3.5 cun anterior to ➞Du-20, on

the curved line connecting ➞G.B.-15and ➞G.B.-20.

➞G.B.-15is located on the same vertical line, but 0.5 cun

superior to the anterior hairline.

Needling

0.3–1.5 cun transversely (subcutaneously) towards the occiput

or the site of the disorder/pain.

Actions/Indications

● Expels pathogenic factors (especially Wind) from the head

and eyes

● Opens the luo-connecting vessels

Special features

Meeting point with the yang wei mai

G.B.-16 Window of the Eye MUCHUANG

G.B.-20

Lower

border of

the occiput

BL-10

Occiput

Axis Sternocleido-mastoid

G.B.-20

Midline

Apex of the ear Apex of the ear

Anterior

hairline

G.B.-16

1.5 cun

Du-20

3.5 cun

Pupil line

2.25 cun

BL-4

BL-6

BL-5

BL-7

BL-8

G.B.-18

G.B.-17

G.B.-16

G.B.-15

Du-20

Du-21

Du-22

Du-23

BL-3

Du-24 Hairline

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