ACUPUNCTURE
Tou Guang Ming: TCM Acupoint Guide
TOUGUANGMING
Name
Tou Guang Ming (Touguangming)
Location
Located 0.3 cun directly above M-HN-6 Yuyao.
Needling
Slanted insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Indications
- Ametropia
- Neuralgia of the supraorbital nerve
- Ptosis
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Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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