BL8

Luoque

Star

絡卻 (Luòquè) — Declining Connection

Bladder channel · point 8

Traditionally used for

Dizziness
Eye health
Ears & hearing
Cough & breathing
Mood & calm

Location

On the head, 5.5 cun within the anterior hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline; 0.5 cun posterior and 1.5 cun lateral to GV20.

How to locate: From GV20 on the vertex (the midline where it meets the line joining the apices of the ears) measure 0.5 cun back and 1.5 cun lateral.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, back: BL8 · Head & face — Fig. — BL8 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate — The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Transverse insertion

Depth 0.5–1 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 261 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun

Angle: Transverse

Functions

Calms the spirit and clears the head
Subdues wind and transforms phlegm
Opens the orifices and benefits the eyes and ears

Indications

Dizziness and tinnitusblurred visionmania and depressiongoitre

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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