ST 8 Acupuncture Point - Tou Wei - Stomach Meridian
- Chinese Name Touwei
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English Name Head Corner
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Location: Directly above ST 7, .5 cun within the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to the midline of the head (GV 24).
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Precautions: No Moxa.
- Point Associations:
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Intersection Point of the ST & GB Meridians.
- Actions & Effects:
- Classically mentioned for "splitting headache; headache w/nausea/vomiting; headache w/eye pain (migraine)" - particularly for frontal headaches.
- Poor vision, twitching eyelids, eye pain, excessive tearing.
- Dizziness.
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Hair loss.
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Stomach Meridian Points (45):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
Sources and More Information
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