ST 8
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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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Footnote:


11 Mar 2012 04:37
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