ST 8
ST 8 Tou Wei 頭維
“Head Corner” “skull's safegaurd”
TOU head
WEI to bind, corner, safegaurd
Other Names
Location and Needling:
At lateral corner of forehead, 0.5 cun behind hairline on horizontal plane and 4-1/2 cun lateral to DU-24, 1-1/2 cun lateral to GB-13. More of a zone if it hurts its ST-8.
0.5-1 cun transverse
Contraindications and Cautions
Functions
Stomach,
Reunion with GB meridian.
Name: protects mind from pathogenic factors
Expels wind, heat and damp from channel, headache, eye pain, blurred vision, dizziness, tearing in wind.
Signs and Symptoms
Clinical Research
Sources
- cheng
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11 Mar 2012 04:37
tsangk
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