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Extra point · Extra (Head and Neck) · point EX-HN3
Also known as M-HN-3
Traditionally used for
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Eye health
- Nose & throat
- Sleep
- Mood & calm
- Nerves & recovery
Location
On the forehead, at the midpoint between the medial ends of the two eyebrows.
How to locate: With the patient seated or supine, the point is on the midline of the forehead, exactly halfway between the inner ends of the two eyebrows.
Regional anatomy: Skin and subcutaneous tissue, then procerus and corrugator supercilii down to the periosteum of the frontal bone.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
Needling
Functions
- Calms the spirit and relieves anxiety
- Expels wind and opens the nasal passages
- Extinguishes internal wind
- Opens the channel and relieves pain
Indications
Clinical Notes
Combinations Using This Point
Yintang, Yingxiang and Shangyingxiang
Yintang, Yingxiang and Shangyingxiang around the bridge and sides of the nose — a set to expel wind, open the nose, benefit the eyes and relieve pain.
Taiyang and Yintang
Taiyang and Yintang — temple and brow — paired to calm the mind, clear wind-heat from the head and treat facial neuralgia, painful eyes and nosebleed.
Calming the Spirit — HT7, PC6, Yintang and GV20
The four points most reached for in anxiety and insomnia — two distal, two on the midline of the head.
Similar Points
Sources
- Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)
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