Protocol (3 points)
100%BL01Bright Eyes / Eye Point
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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 睛明 (jīng míng)
🎯 Location: In the depression the slightly above the inner canthus.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for direct needling; use only pressure.
🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Redness, Swelling, Aversion Cold
GB19Brain Hollow
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🗺️ 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 GV17, 22.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.
🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations, Heat, Depression
GV17Brain Door
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腦戶 (nǎo hù)
🎯 Location: 2.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline 1.5 thumb widths directly above the GV16 in the depression on the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
Needling
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000042088 ↗