BL-02 (Zan Zhu) Bamboo Gathering
Acupuncture Points on the Bladder Channel of Foot Tai Yang
Actions:
- Eliminates wind and clears heat
- Benefits the eyes
- Clears the head and alleviates pain
Indications:
- Headache, blurring and failing of vision, pain in the supraorbital region, lacrimation, redness, swelling and pain of the eye, twitching of eyelids, glaucoma.
Pont Location:
- A Manual of Acupuncture: Superior to the inner canthus, in a depression on the eyebrow, close to its medial end.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: On the medial extremity of the eyebrow, or on the Supraorbital notch.
Needling Method:
- Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch, or prick with three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
