Acupoint+ST-8+Tou+Wei

//Head Corner.// Meeting Point with the Gall Bladder Channel and Yang Linking Vessel. = = =Location= .5 cun within the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to GV-24.
 * [[image:st8.jpg align="right"]]ST8** **•** **Tou Wei** • **Stomach 8**

=Point Summary= //Benefits The Eyes Expels Wind Alleviates Pain// head and face with damp; damp HA in frontal area

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5- 1.0 cun

Technique:
Puncture Subcutaneously

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
dispels head wind; sedates fire in upper part of face and front of head;

Indications
frontal and damp HA; psychosis if phlegm misting; facial paralysis; major HA point for frontal and vertex HA; other for dizziness especially with damp involvement; Meniere's disease (qi defic with damp)

Special Notes
GB and yang wei cross here; with PC-5 for psychosis with phlegm missing problems; with GV-20 for dizziness

=Diagnostic Indications:= Dizziness **•** Eye Disorders **•** Eyelid Spasm **•** Facial Muscle Paralysis **•** Headache **•** Headache Migraine **•** Lacrimation Upon Wind Exposure **•** Mental Disorders **•** Visual Disturbances **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, gallbladder, occipital lobes, small intestine, eyes, eyelids, face same side. Disperses heart, vessels Dispersing acts in the opposite way. The energy comes from the large intestine meridian point //yingxiang// (LI-20), at the side of the nostrils, by a branch passing through //jingming// (BL-1) and //zanzhu// (BL-2) and turning above the eyebrow. Eyes: tired or very diminished vision (amblyopia, blindness). Eyelids: clinging; purulent conjunctivitis; abundant tears. Acute pain above the eyebrows. Face: pain on one side, facial neuralgia, facial paralysis. Internal headaches (congestive), "head as if broken and eyes as if torn out." If dizziness with fainting, tonify.
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