ACUPUNCTURE
Yang Bai: TCM Acupoint Guide
Name
Yang Bai (Yangbai)
Location
1 cun above the midpoint of the eyebrow (one third the distance between the eyebrow and the hairline), directly above the pupil when the eyes are looking straight ahead, in the depression on the superciliary arch. Note: the distance between the glabella and the anterior hairline is 3 cun.
Needling
- With the fingers of one hand, pinch up the skin over the point, and with the other hand needle transversely in an inferior direction, 0.5 to 0.8 cun, or needle to connect with M-HN-6 Yuyao at the midpoint of the eyebrow.
- Transverse insertion pointed downward, may join with M-HN-6 Yuyao. For facial paralysis, the needle may be pointed left or right, joining with UB-2 Zanzhu or SJ-23 Sizhukong, 1 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: distention in the forehead, sometimes extending to the vertex.
- Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting point of the Stomach channel
- Meeting point of the Yang Wei channel
- Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel
- Meeting point of the San Jiao channel
Actions
- Eliminates Wind
- Benefits the head
- Clears the vision
- Eliminates pain
- Benefits the eyes
- Subdues rising Qi
Indications
- Frontal headache
- Headache
- Supraorbital neuralgia
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Twitching of the eyelid
- Blepharospasm
- Eyelid rolled upwards
- Poor distant vision
- Itching eyelids
- Ptosis (drooping of the eyelid)
- Lachrymation on exposure to Wind
- Chills (well covered up, but still cold)
- Pain of the supraorbital ridge
- Head Wind
- Wind-Cold headache
- Dizziness
- Facial pain
- Inability to get warm despite wearing much clothing
- Eye diseases
- Blurred vision
- Diplopia
- Visual disturbance
- Pain in the outer canthus
- Sore eyes
- Keratitis
- Facial paralysis
- Vomiting
- Chills
- Stiff neck
- Sensation of Cold in the back
- Night blindness
- Short sightedness
- Deviation of the mouth and eye
- Upward staring eyes
- Pain and itching of the pupils
- Conjunctivitis
- Vertigo
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| ST-41 Jiexi, LI-4 Hegu | Head Wind with splitting sensation |
| UB-2 Zanzhu, LI-4 Hegu, KI-7 Fuliu | Pain between the eyebrow and the eye |
| M-HN-9 Taiyang, ST-8 Touwei, GB-20 Fengchi | Diplopia and Ptosis |
| ST-2 Sibai, N-HN-20 Qianzheng, ST-4 Dicang | Facial paralysis |
Notes
This is the pre-eminent local point for the treatment of pain of the forehead. This is also a major point for treating diseases of the eyes and eyelids. It is frequently used to eliminate Exterior Wind to treat facial paralysis. If the patient cannot form ridges on the forehead by raising the eyebrows, this point should be needled on the affected side.
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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