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GB15

Toulinqi

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頭臨泣 (Tóulínqì) — Head Overlooking Tears

Gallbladder channel · point 15

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Gallbladder and Bladder channels with the Yang Wei Mai

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Eye health
  • Nose & throat
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery

Location

On the head, directly above the pupil, 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline.

How to locate: With the patient seated or supine looking straight ahead, follow a vertical line up from the pupil through GB14; the point is 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, midway between GV24 and ST8.

Regional anatomy: Skin and dense subcutaneous tissue, then the galea aponeurotica into the loose subaponeurotic connective tissue.

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

Body map, back: GB15 · Head & face
Fig. — GB15 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: GB15 · Head & face

GB15 · Head & face · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

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

  1. Transverse insertion
    Depth 0.5–1.5 cun
    skindeeper

    Within the hairline: see the needling note at Hanyan GB4.

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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 433 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Transverse

Functions

  • Benefits the eyes and nose
  • Expels wind and clears the head
  • Calms the spirit

Indications

Red and painful eyes, excessive tearingblurred visionnasal congestion and sinusitisheadache and dizzinessepilepsy

Combinations Using This Point

Touwei and Toulinqi

Touwei and Toulinqi along the front hairline — a pair for headache, painful red eyes, tinnitus, deafness and loss of consciousness.

Similar Points

Touqiaoyin how are these connected? (Touqiaoyin) Fen Zhi Xia how are these connected? (Fen Zhi Xia) Huo Fu Hai how are these connected? (Huo Fu Hai)

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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