Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
ST-8
Touwei
Head's Binding
Autres nomsHead Support · Skull's Safeguard
- Méridien
- Estomac
- Classification
- Point de croisement
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Localisation
- 01On the side of the head at the forehead's corner, 0.5 cun above the front hairline and 4.5 cun out from the head's midline.
- 02At the forehead's corner, on the hairline, 4.5 cun lateral to the head's median line.
- 03At the forehead's corner, at the coronal suture, 4.5 cun lateral to the head's median line.
- 04At the forehead's corner, 4.5 cun lateral to DU-24 Shenting and 0.5 cun inside the hairline. Note: the point can be found three ways: 1. where a horizontal line 0.5 cun inside the anterior hairline meets a vertical line 0.5 cun behind the temple's hairline; 2. locate GB-15 Toulinqi, directly above the pupil in forward gaze, and DU-24 Shenting on the midline 0.5 cun behind the anterior hairline — the point lies on the line joining these two, extended to twice that distance; 3. 0.5 cun above the upper margin of the temporalis muscle's origin, 0.5 cun behind a vertical line rising directly above M-HN-9 Taiyang.
Puncture
- 01Insert just beneath the skin, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Needle transversely from front to back, 0.8 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: pain and distention spreading outward from the insertion site.
- 03Insert transversely, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Fonctions du point
- Point of the Yang Wei vessel
- Meeting point of the Stomach and Gall Bladder
Actions
- Expels Wind
- Relieves pain
- Sharpens vision
- Drains Heat
- Stops excessive tearing
- Relieves dizziness
Indications
- Phlegm-related dizziness
- A foggy or heavy sensation in the head
- Frontal headache from Dampness or Phlegm
- Eye disorders
- Excessive tearing from Wind-Heat
- Migraine
- Psychosis
- Facial paralysis
- Severe headache with chills and fever
- Dim vision
- Bursting-type eye pain
- Headache
- Blurred vision
- Ophthalmalgia
- Cerebral congestion
- Vertigo
- Facial pain
- Eyelid spasms
- Sore, watery eyes
- Wheezing with irritability and chest fullness
- Vomiting
- Dyspnea with agitation and chest oppression
- Hemiplegia
Précautions
- Use moxibustion with caution.
- Classical texts forbid moxibustion here.
Associations
- LI-4 joined to SI-3
- SI-3
- LIV-3 joined to KI-1
- KI-1
Psychosis
Migraine headaches
Facial paralysis
Eyelid tics, headache with eye pain, Head Wind with splitting pain, bursting eye pain, tearing, and pain between the eyebrows
Severe headache with bursting eye pain
One-sided or generalized Head Wind
Notes
- It is a key local point for dizziness caused by Dampness and Phlegm affecting the head.
- It is also a significant point for treating headaches.