Scalp Lines
Standard scalp acupuncture lines (MS1-MS14) from the WHO Standard Acupuncture Nomenclature. Each is a line over a cortical projection area rather than a point on a channel, and is needled along its length.
14 Acupuncture Points
Each point lists the symptoms it is indicated for. A symptom links to the sourced protocols for it.
MS01Middle Line of Forehead
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 額中線 (é zhōng xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the forehead, running down the anterior midline from GV24 Shenting.
MS02Lateral Line 1 of Forehead
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 額旁1線 (é páng yī xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the forehead, the first line lateral to the anterior midline, running downward from BL03 Meichong.
MS03Lateral Line 2 of Forehead
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 額旁2線 (é páng èr xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the forehead, the second line lateral to the anterior midline, running downward from GB15 Toulinqi.
MS04Lateral Line 3 of Forehead
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 額旁3線 (é páng sān xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the forehead, the third and most lateral of the forehead lines.
MS05Middle Line of Vertex
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頂中線 (dǐng zhōng xiàn)
🎯 Location: From GV20 Baihui to GV21 Qianding, along the midline of the vertex.
MS06Anterior Oblique Line of Vertex-Temporal
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頂顳前斜線 (dǐng niè qián xié xiàn)
🎯 Location: From Qianshencong (1 cun anterior to GV20) obliquely to GB06 Xuanli, crossing the bladder and gallbladder meridians.
MS07Posterior Oblique Line of Vertex-Temporal
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頂顳後斜線 (dǐng niè hòu xié xiàn)
🎯 Location: From GV20 Baihui obliquely to GB07 Qubin.
MS08Lateral Line 1 of Vertex
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頂旁1線 (dǐng páng yī xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the vertex, the first line lateral to and parallel with the midline.
MS09Lateral Line 2 of Vertex
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頂旁2線 (dǐng páng èr xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the vertex, the second line lateral to and parallel with the midline.
MS10Anterior Temporal Line
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 顳前線 (niè qián xiàn)
🎯 Location: From GB04 Hanyan to GB06 Xuanli, on the temporal side of the head along the gallbladder meridian.
MS11Posterior Temporal Line
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 顳後線 (niè hòu xiàn)
🎯 Location: From GB08 Shuaigu to GB07 Qubin, on the temporal side of the head.
MS12Upper-Middle Line of Occiput
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 枕上正中線 (zhěn shàng zhèng zhōng xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the occiput, along the posterior midline.
MS13Upper-Lateral Line of Occiput
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 枕上旁線 (zhěn shàng páng xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the occiput, lateral to and parallel with the upper-middle line.
MS14Lower-Lateral Line of Occiput
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🗺️ Meridian: Scalp Lines
🇨🇳 Chinese: 枕下旁線 (zhěn xià páng xiàn)
🎯 Location: On the lower occiput, lateral to the posterior midline.