ACUPUNCTURE
Yin Tang: TCM Acupoint Guide
YINTANG
Name
Yin Tang (Yintang)
Location
At the glabella, at the midpoint between the medial extremities of the eyebrows.
Needling
- Transverse insertion, pointed downward (pinch the skin while inserting the needle), or point toward the left or right joined to UB-2 Zanzhu or UB-1 Jingming, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, sometimes extending to the tip of the nose.
- With the fingers of one hand, pinch up the skin over the point and with the other hand needle transversely in an inferior or lateral direction, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Calms the shen
- Dispels wind
- Clears heat
- Eliminates wind-heat
- Clears the nose
- Pacifies wind
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
- Stops convulsions
Indications
- Insanity
- Febrile convulsions
- Convulsions during pregnancy
- Childhood convulsions
- Insomnia
- Eye soreness and redness
- Rhinitis
- Epistaxis
- Common cold
- Unconsciousness due to loss of blood in childbirth
- Dizziness following childbirth
- Restlessness
- Facial pain
- Rhinorrhea
- Hypertension
- Frontal headache
- Vomiting
- Dizziness
- Fainting due to blood loss
- All nasal disorders
- Nasal blockage
- Headache
- Vertigo
- Chronic and acute childhood fright wind
- Fright spasm
- Agitation
- Nasal congestion
- Heaviness of the head
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| LI-20 Yingxiang, LI-4 Hegu | Rhinitis |
| M-HN-9 Taiyang, GB-20 Fengchi, LI-4 Hegu | Headache |
| LI-11 Quchi with ST-40 Fenglong, or LI-11 Quchi with ST-36 Zusanli | Hypertension |
| HT-7 Shenmen, SP-6 Sanyinjiao | Insomnia |
| UB-2 Zanzhu, ST-36 Zusanli | Head wind following intoxication |
Notes
Some authorities consider this point to be the upper dantian.
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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