Knowledge baseAcupuncture points
UB-8
Luoque
Declining Connection
Also known asDecline
- Channel
- Bladder
Location
- 011.5 cun behind UB-7 Tongtian, 5.5 cun inside the hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline. Note: This point is most easily located 1.5 cun lateral to and 0.5 cun behind DU-20 Baihui.
- 021.5 cun below UB-7 Tongtian, at the top of the head.
- 035.5 cun above the midpoint of the front hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
Needling
- 01Insert transversely, 0.5–1 cun.
- 02Angle the needle, 0.3–0.5 cun.
- 03Needle subcutaneously, 0.3–0.5 cun.
Actions
- Benefits the sense organs
- Calms Wind
- Transforms Phlegm
- Settles the Shen
Indications
- Dizziness
- Tinnitus
- Nasal congestion
- Deviation of the mouth
- Blurred vision
- Vertigo
- Facial paralysis
- Rhinitis
- Manic depression
- Mad walking
- Epilepsy
- Disorientation
- Goiter
- Vomiting
- Abdominal distention
- Collapse