# Acupoints for Visual Acuity Reduced

6 sourced protocols for Visual Acuity Reduced. Canonical page: https://acuiq.com/symptoms/visual-acuity-reduced

## Protocols

| # | Points | Course | Source | Kind | Caveat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BL01 (Bright Eyes / Eye Point), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), GB20 (Wind Pool), GB37 (Bright Light) | Needling, 12 sessions over 4 weeks | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230313-0003 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 2 | ST02 (Four Direction Brightness), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), XH04 (Fish Waist) | Press needles, a 12-week course | doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20231122-0004 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 3 | LI04 (Junction Valley), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), BL04 (Deviating Turn), BL06 (Receiving Light), BL09 (Jade Pillow), GB16 (Eye Windows), GB37 (Bright Light), GV17 (Brain Door), GV20 (100 Convergences), XH05 (Supreme Yang (Sun)) | Needling | doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000046551 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 4 | ST02 (Four Direction Brightness), SI06 (Support The Aged), BL01 (Bright Eyes / Eye Point), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), GB14 (Yang Bright), GB34 (Yang Mound Spring), GB37 (Bright Light), GB40 (Mound) | Needling + Electroacupuncture, 15 sessions | doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1717145 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 5 | LI04 (Junction Valley), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), BL59 (Tarsus Yang), GV20 (100 Convergences) | – | 赵建浩陈理佳姚素芬林顺潮. 针灸治疗弱视的五个穴位组合. , [CNKI] | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |
| 6 | GB37 (Bright Light) | Needling, 1 session | doi:10.3389/fnins.2024.1492529 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |

## Point locations

| Point | Name | Meridian | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| BL01 | Bright Eyes / Eye Point | Bladder Meridian | In the depression the slightly above the inner canthus. |
| BL02 | Gathered Bamboo | Bladder Meridian | On the medial extremity of the eyebrow or on the supraorbital notch. |
| GB20 | Wind Pool | Gallbladder Meridian | In the depression the between upper portion of the scm and trapezius on the same level with GV16. |
| GB37 | Bright Light | Gallbladder Meridian | 5 thumb widths directly above the tip of the external malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula. |
| ST02 | Four Direction Brightness | Stomach Meridian | Directly below pupil in the depression the at the infraorbital foramen. |
| XH04 | Fish Waist | Extra Points: Head | In the centre of the eyebrow, in the depression the directly above the pupil when the eyes are looking straight forward. |
| LI04 | Junction Valley | Large Intestine Meridian | On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. |
| BL04 | Deviating Turn | Bladder Meridian | 0.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline at the junction of the medial 1/3 and lateral 2/3 of the distance from GV24 to the ST08. |
| BL06 | Receiving Light | Bladder Meridian | 2.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline. |
| BL09 | Jade Pillow | Bladder Meridian | 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. |
| GB16 | Eye Windows | Gallbladder Meridian | On the head, 1.5 thumb widths above the anterior hairline and 22.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head. |
| GV17 | Brain Door | Governing Vessel | 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. |
| GV20 | 100 Convergences | Governing Vessel | On the midline of the head 5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting apex of the ears. |
| XH05 | Supreme Yang (Sun) | Extra Points: Head | At the temple, in the tender depression the approximately 1 thumb width posterior to the midpoint between the lateral extremity of the eyebrow & the outer canthus of the eye. |
| SI06 | Support The Aged | Small Intestine Meridian | Dorsal to the head of the ulna; when palm face chest point is in the bonny cleft on the radial side of the styloid process of the ulna. |
| GB14 | Yang Bright | Gallbladder Meridian | On the forehead directly above the pupil, 1 thumb width directly above the midpoint of the eyebrow. |
| GB34 | Yang Mound Spring | Gallbladder Meridian | In the depression the anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula. |
| GB40 | Mound | Gallbladder Meridian | Anterior and inferior to the external malleolus in the depression on the lateral side of the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus. |
| BL59 | Tarsus Yang | Bladder Meridian | 3 thumb widths directly above the BL60. |

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