Atlas of Acupuncture

4.7 The Bladder Channel System – Foot taiyang(zu tai yang jing luo)

Location

0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, vertically above the medial

canthus of the eye.

How to find

BL-3is located directly above the medial canthus of the eye

(➞BL-1) and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline (➞3.1.1).

Located on the same level (0.5 cun within the anterior hairline)

are ➞Du-24(on the midline), ➞G.B.-15(on the pupil line), ➞

G.B.-13(3 cun lateral to the midline) and ➞ST-8(on the corner

of the forehead).

Needling

0.5–1 cun obliquely in a dorsal direction or transversely (subcu-

taneously). According to some classic texts, moxibustion is

contraindicated.

Actions/Indications

● Expels Wind and clears Heat from the head and forehead

Eyebrows’ Pouring MEICHONG BL-3

Hairline BL-3

Midline

0,5 cun

BL-2

BL-1

Inner canthus

of the eye

BL-3

BL-2

BL-1

Inner canthus

of the eye

BL-1

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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