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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
On the head, 1.5 thumb widths above the anterior hairline and 22.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.
No specific contraindications for head points.
Indications
Conditions for which GB16 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Aversion ColdChillsNasal CongestionDisease EyeEpilepsyEyesight / Vision DizzyDizzy VisionEyesight / Vision Myopia Short SightednessMyopia Short Sightedness VisionEyesight / Vision Superficial ObstructionSuperficial Obstruction VisionFeverPainEye PainHeadacheTeeth Toothache Superior Jaw Pain RednessSpontaneous Sweating SwellingFacial SwellingGums SwellingHead SwellingWind
TCM actions
What classical sources say GB16 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Eyes
Protocols using GB16
- Dysmenorrhea, Urination Frequent, Pelvic Pain, Leucorrhea, Uterine Myoma – ST08, ST25, ST36, SP06, GB16, CV02, CV03, CV04, CV08 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2018.10.003 ↗)
- Amblyopia Anisometropic, Vision Reduced – LI04, BL02, BL04, BL06, BL09, GB16, GB37, GV17, GV20 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000046551 ↗)
- Amblyopia Anisometropic, Vision Reduced, Amblyopia – LI04, BL02, BL04, BL06, BL09, GB16, GB37, GV17, GV20, XH05 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000046551 ↗)
- Uterine Myoma, Uterine Fibroids – ST08, ST36, SP06, GB16, CV02, CV03, CV04 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2018.10.003 ↗)
- Exotropia, Strabismus – LI11, LI14, ST01, ST02, SI18, BL01, BL02, BL06, TB17, TB23, GB01, GB16, XH04, XH05, XH07, XH14 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250331-0008 ↗)
- Amblyopia Anisometropic, Visual Acuity Reduced, Amblyopia – LI04, BL02, BL04, BL06, BL09, GB16, GB37, GV17, GV20, XH05 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000046551 ↗)
- Glaucoma, Glaucoma Open-angle – ST01, GB16, GB20, LV02, XH05 (Xu Hong et al.. [ZHANG Ren's experience of treatment on glaucoma with acupuncture].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2012)
- Schizophrenia, Hallucinations Auditory, Hallucinations Visual – TB17, TB19, GB16, GB17, GV19, GV20 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Cerebral Thrombosis, Vision Loss – LI03, SI06, SI07, BL02, BL10, BL18, BL19, BL48, BL58, GB14, GB15, GB16, GB20, GB37 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside GB16
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GB16. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- BL02Gathered Bamboo5 protocols
- BL06Receiving Light4 protocols
- GB37Bright Light4 protocols
- GV20100 Convergences4 protocols
- XH05Supreme Yang (Sun)4 protocols
- BL04Deviating Turn3 protocols
- BL09Jade Pillow3 protocols
- GV17Brain Door3 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley3 protocols
- CV02Curved Bone2 protocols
- CV03Central Pivot2 protocols
- CV04Original Qi Gate2 protocols