Atlas of Acupuncture

6 Extra Points

Location

In the centre of the eyebrow, with the eyes looking straight ahead

directly above the pupil.

How to find

With the patient looking straight ahead, palpate the eyebrow

directly above the pupil, superior to the supraorbital ridge.

There, locate Ex-HN-4(yuyao) in a small depression on the

superciliary arch.

Needling

0.3–0.5 cun vertically or obliquely towards the eye.

Actions/Indications

● Benefits the eyes

● Dispels pain

Ex-HN-4 Fish Waist YUYAO

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

T.B.-23

BL-2

Ex-HN-4Glabella

(yuyao)

Ex-HN-3

(yintang)

Ex-HN-4 (yuyao)

Ex-HN (shangming)

Orbital

margin

Pupil line

BL-2

Ex-HN-4

ST-1

ST-2

Ex-HN-8

BL-1

G.B.-14

Ex-HN-7

Ex-HN-3

L.I.-20

T.B.-23

G.B.-2 ST-7

G.B.-1

S.I.-18

Frontal

squama

T.B.-23

Ex-HN-4

(yuyao)

Ex-HN-3

(yintang)

BL-2

G.B.-14

Ex-HN-4

(yuyao)

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