Atlas of Acupuncture

6 Extra Points

Location

With the patient looking straight ahead, vertically above the pupil,

1 cun above the anterior hairline.

How to find

In patients with a receding hairline, the original hairline can

often be recognized by a change in skin texture. Location help

(➞3.1.1): Ask the patient to frown, as this often reveals the site

of the original hairline. Ask the patient to look straight ahead,

then locate Ex-HN-2by measuring 1 cun from the hairline, on a

vertical line through the pupil.

➞G.B.-14is also located on the pupil line (on the lower border

of the frontal eminence). Located on the same level (1 cun above

the hairline) are ➞BL-5(more medial, 1.5 cun from the anterior

midline) and ➞Du-23(on the anterior midline).

Needling

0.5 cun transversely (subcutaneously) towards the site of the

disorder/pain.

Actions/Indications

● Dispels Wind and Heat, alleviates pain

Ex-HN-2 Above the Yang DANGYANG

Frontal

squama

T.B.-23

Ex-HN-4

(yuyao)

Ex-HN-3

(yintang)

BL-2

G.B.-14

Ex-HN-4

(yuyao)

GB.-14

Ex-HN-2 (Dangyang)

1 cun

Du-24

BL-3

BL-4

G.B.-15

G.B.-13

ST-8 Anterior

hairline

1 cun 1/3

G.B.-14

Du-24 BL-5

1 cun

ST-8

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