Acupoints for Heaviness Head Sensation

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足三里 (zú sān lǐ)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cases of severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 太白 (tài bái)

🎯 Location: Proximal and inferior to the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint in the depression of the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in patients with cardiac arrhythmias.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Knee Pain, Constipation, Heat, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 五處 (wǔ chǔ)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Wind, Epilepsy, Nasal Congestion, Muscle Spasms

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 通天 (tōng tiān)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Shortness of Breath, Facial Droop, Goiter, Loss of Consciousness, Nasal Congestion

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 玉枕 (yù zhěn)

🎯 Location: 2.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline and 13 thumb widths lateral to the midline in the depression on the level of the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Dizziness, Common Cold, Vomiting, Wind

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天柱 (tiān zhù)

🎯 Location: 1.3 thumb widths lateral to the midpoint of the posterior hairline and in the depression on the lateral aspect of the trapezius.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with vertebral artery.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Wind, Pain, Epilepsy, Nasal Congestion

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大杼 (dà zhù)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du13 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Knee Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 白環俞 (bái huán yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the 4th posterior sacral foramen.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Knee Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 跗陽 (fū yáng)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the ub60.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Numbness, Shoulder Pain, Pain, Thigh Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 僕參 (pū cān)

🎯 Location: Posterior and inferior to the external malleolus directly below ub60 lateral to the calcaneum at the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Vomiting, Pain, Loss of Consciousness, Lower Back Pain, Channel Stagnation

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 京骨 (jīng gǔ)

🎯 Location: Below tuberosity of the 5th metatarsal bone at the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Palpitations, Depression, Back Pain, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足通谷 (zú tōng gǔ)

🎯 Location: Anterior to the 5th metatarsophalangeal joint at the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Sweating, Chest Fullness, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 至陰 (zhì yīn)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the small toe about 01 thumb width from corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Tinnitus, Deafness, Labour Prolonged, Labour Delayed

🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 清冷淵 (qīng lěng yuān)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width above the tb10 when elbow is flexed.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Pain, Channel Stagnation, Rib Pain, Headache

🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 顱息 (lú xī)

🎯 Location: Posterior to the ear at the junction of the upper and middle third of the curve formed by tb17 and tb20 behind helix.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Anxiety, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Tinnitus

🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 耳和髎 (ěr hé hé)

🎯 Location: Anterior and superior to the tb21 at the level with root of the auricle on the posterior border of the hair line of the temple where superficial temporal artery passes.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Tinnitus, Wind, Swelling, Pain, Facial Droop

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 率谷 (shuài gǔ)

🎯 Location: Superior to the apex of the auricle 1.5 thumb widths within the hairline.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.

🛡️ Treats: Phlegm, Dizziness, Vomiting, Wind, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 浮白 (fú bái)

🎯 Location: Posterior and superior to the mastoid process at the junction of the middle third and upper third of the curved line connecting gb9 and gb12.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Tinnitus

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腦空 (nǎo kōng)

🎯 Location: On the head and on the level of the upper border of the external occipital protuberance or du17, 22.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations, Heat, Depression

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 長強 (cháng qiáng)

🎯 Location: Midway between tip of the coccyx and anus, locate point with patient in the prone position.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in spinal conditions.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Anxiety, Common Cold, Pain, Damp