NAME
YINTANG
LOCATION
Located on the midline, between the medial ends of the two eyebrows.
At the midpoint between the two eyebrows.
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.
COMMAND FUNCTIONS
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
| LI-20 Yingxiang LI-4 Hegu | M-HN-9 Taiyang GB-20 Fengchi LI-4 Hegu | LI-11 QuchiST-40 Fenglong or LI-11 Quchi ST-36 Zusanli |
| Rhinitis | Headache | Hypertension |
| HT-7 Shenmen SP-6 Sanyinjiao | UB-2 Zanzhu ST-36 Zusanli | |
| Insomnia | Head Wind following intoxication |
CONTRAINDICATIONS
NOTES
Some authorities consider this point to be the upper Dantian.