ACUPUNCTURE
Tou Lin Qi: TCM Acupoint Guide
TOULINQI
Name
Tou Lin Qi (Toulinqi)
Location
On the forehead, 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, midway between DU-24 Shenting and ST-8 Touwei, directly above GB-14 Yangbai.
Needling
- Note: this point, in common with all points within the hairline, may be needled in any direction depending on the symptomology. The needle should be inserted deep to the subcutaneous layer into the loose tissue adjacent to the bone.
- Transverse insertion, 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting point of the Gall Bladder and Urinary Bladder channels with the Yangwei channel
Actions
- Regulates the mind
- Balances the emotions
- Eliminates wind
- Benefits the head
- Alleviates pain
- Benefits the nose and eyes
Indications
- Nasal congestion
- Nasal congestion with aversion to cold
- Headache
- Head wind
- Visual dizziness
- Pain of the occiput and forehead
- Pain of the supraorbital ridge
- Vertigo
- Occluded nose
- Pannus
- Apoplectic coma
- Seizures
- Acute and chronic conjunctivitis
- Redness and pain of the eyes
- Superficial visual obstruction
- Lacrimation on exposure to wind
- Pain of the outer canthus
- Windstroke
- Epilepsy
- Loss of consciousness
- Malaria
- Pain of the supraclavicular fossa
- Axillary swelling
- Rhinorrhea
- Nasal obstruction
Notes
This point has a deep effect on the emotions and is particularly effective in balancing the mood when the person oscillates between highs and lows.
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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