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Alternate names: 泪空 lèi kōng, Tear Hole; 眉本 méi běn, Root of the Eyebrow; 眉头 méi tóu, Eyebrow; 眉中 méi zhōng, At the Eyebrow; 明光 míng guāng, Bright Light; 始光 shǐ guāng, Beginning of Light; 夜光 yè guāng, Night Light; 元柱 yuán zhù, Origin Pillar; 员在 yuán zài, Man Present; 员柱 yuán zhù, Pillar Border

Channel: BL, Foot Greater Yáng (tài yáng) Bladder Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the face, in a small depression at the medial end of the eyebrow.

Classic location: In the depression on the eyebrow above Bright Eyes (BL-1). (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: The frontal artery and vein. The medial branch of the frontal nerve.

Action: Dispels wind qì; brightens the eyes.

Modern indications: Headache; deviated eyes and mouth; unclear vision; tearing; painful red swollen eyes; twitching of the eyelids: pain in the supraorbital ridge; drooping eyelids (blepharoptosis).

Classic indications: Wind dizziness; painful hemorrhoids; infantile epilepsy with the upward staring eyes; aversion to wind and cold; stiff nape.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn transverse insertion in inferior lateral direction; bleed with three-edged needle. Moxa: pole 1‒3 min.

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