Atlas of Acupuncture

6 Extra Points

Location

At the junction of the head and the occiput, posterior to the

mastoid bone.

How to find

Ex-HN-14(yiming) is located on a line connecting ➞T.B.-17

(below the earlobe, between the maxilla and the mastoid) and ➞

G.B.-20(at the junction of the occiput and the neck, in the cen-

tre of the dorsolateral depression). From ➞T.B.-17, measure 1

cun towards the posterior and there locate yimingposterior to the

mastoid.

Located slightly superior and posterior to yimingis ➞Ex-HN

(anmian), in the corner between the mastoid and the occiput.

Needling

Vertically 0.5–1 cun

Actions/Indications

● Disorders of the eyes and ears, dizziness, insomnia

Ex-HN-14 Eye Brightening YIMING

T.B.-17

Ex-HN Mastoid process

(anmian)

Ex-HN-14

(yiming)

G.B.-12

T.B.-22

T.B.-21

S.I.-19

G.B.-2

Transverse process

of the atlas

Tragus

Intertragic notch

Supratragic notch

G.B.-20

G.B.-20 Lower

border of

the occiput

BL-10

Occipital

bone

Axis Sternocleido-mastoid

T.B.-17

G.B.-20

Ex-HN-14

(yiming)

1 cun

G.B.-20

G.B.-12 Du-15

G.B.-19 BL-9 Du-17

G.B.-8

Du-16

Du-18

BL-10

Occipital

bone

anmian

Ex-HN-14

(yiming)

G.B.-12

Mastoid process

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