Name
頭維
- Tou Wei
- Head Linking
- Fiber of the Crest
- Head Binding
Location
0.5 CUN above the anterior hairline and 4.5 CUN lateral to the Governing Vessel channel.
Nature
Intersection of Yang Ming and Shao Yang (Stomach and Gall Bladder) and Yang Linking Vessel
Actions
- Headache: Fire not descending
- Sensation that the eye is about to burst: hyperthyroidism
- Headache from Wind: the pain reaches GV-24
- Helps eliminate Phlegm from the head.
- Lacrimation
Treatment
- Needling: 0.3-0.5 CUN transverse insertion toward the front, toward the painful area.
- No moxibustion