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GB-16 Eye Window

目窗 〔目窗〕 mù chuāng

Alternate names: 至荣 zhì róng, Arriving at Splendor

Channel: GB, foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) gallbladder channel; shared point on the yáng linking (yáng wéi) vessel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the superolateral aspect of the head, 2.0 cùn within the anterior hairline on the line connecting GB-15 (tóu lín qí) and GB-20 (fēng chí).

Classical location: One and a half cùn behind Overlooking Tears (GB-15). From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: The frontal branches of the superficial temporal artery and vein. The anastomotic branch of the medial and lateral branches of the frontal nerve.

Action: Courses the channels and network vessels; clears the head and brightens the eyes.

Modern indications: Headache; painful red swollen eyes; clear-eye blindness; nasal congestion; epilepsy; painful swelling of the face.

Classical indications: Nearsightedness; aching among the upper teeth; aversion to cold and nasal congestion; heat effusion with aversion to cold with absence of sweating.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn backward transverse insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the gallbladder channel and yáng linking vessel (yáng wéi mài).

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