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Knowledge baseAcupuncture points

N-HN-4

Shangming

Upper Brightness

Channel
Extra points

Location

Just beneath the brow arch, directly under the orbit's upper rim.

Needling

Insert perpendicularly along the orbit's upper margin, to a depth of 1 to 1.5 cun; a distended feeling around the eyeball is typical.

Indications

  • Optic nerve atrophy
  • Keratoleukoma
  • Ametropia