Atlas of Acupuncture

3 Anatomical Orientation

Forehead (
Figs 3.10, 3.11)

The more or less prominent bulge of the frontal eminences can

be palpated on both sides of the forehead. 
G.B.-14is located

at their lower border, in a shallow depression at the junction of

the eminences and the superciliary arches. With the patient look-

ing straight ahead, G.B.-14 is located directly above the pupil,

approximately 1 cun superior to the supraorbital margin.

Glabella, superciliary arches

The glabella is the central bony reference point on the forehead,

forming a slightly convex, level area superior to the root of the

nose and between the superciliary arches.

The extra point yintang(Ex-HN-3) is located at the centre of

the glabella. Several points are located along the superciliary

arches (from medial to lateral): 
BL-2, yuyao(Ex-HN-4) and

T.B.-23.

Please note:
BL-2is located superior to the inner canthus of

the eye, in the area of the frontal (not the supraorbital) incisure,

when this is present.

G.B.-14 G.B.-14

T.B.-23

BL-2

Glabella

Frontal eminence

[tuber frontale]

Superciliary arch

Ex-HN-4

(yuyao)

Ex-HN-3

(yintang)

Fig. 3.10

Apertura piriformis

Frontal squama

T.B.-23

Zygomatic

bone

Orbit

Ex-HN-4

(yuyao)

Ex-HN-3

(yintang)

BL-2

G.B.-14

Ex-HN-4

(yuyao)

Fig. 3.11