XH21 Tousanjiao (Head Triangle)

頭三角tóu sān jiǎoTousanjiao

Extra Points: Head

Location of acupuncture point XH21 Tousanjiao (Head Triangle)
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Indications
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Protocols
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Location

Three points, on the forehead at the crossing points of the perpendicular line from the inner canthus, the front hairline, and shangxing (GV23).

No specific contraindications.

Indications

Conditions for which XH21 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Calm MindCirculation BloodInsomniaHeadache

Protocols using XH21

  • Snoring, Sleep Apnea Obstructive, Sleepiness DaytimeCV23, XH21 (doi:10.1177/19336586251366065)
  • Cervical Spondylosis Neck Pain Pain Neck Numbness Upper Limb Vertigo Qi Stagnation And Blood StasisLI04, LI10, LI11, GB20, GV14, GV20, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D, XH21 (Zhang Huiyu, Guo Minfang, Lu Xiaozuo. Pulse changes in patients with cervical spondylosis before and after acupuncture treatment. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016; 36(1): 63-70)

Most often selected alongside XH21

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XH21. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

  • CV23Clean Spring1 protocols
  • GB20Wind Pool1 protocols
  • GV14Great Vertebra1 protocols
  • GV20100 Convergences1 protocols
  • LI04Junction Valley1 protocols
  • LI10Arm Three Miles1 protocols
  • LI11Pond At The Bend1 protocols
  • XH01AFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols
  • XH01BFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols
  • XH01CFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols
  • XH01DFour Spirit Brightness1 protocols