Acupuncture Points on the Bladder Channel of Foot Tai Yang
Eliminates wind and clears heatBenefits the eyes Clears the head and alleviates pain
Headache, blurring and failing of vision, pain in the supraorbital region, lacrimation, redness, swelling and pain of the eye, twitching of eyelids, glaucoma.
Where is BL-02 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 257): Superior to the inner canthus, in a depression on the eyebrow, close to its medial end.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 174): On the medial extremity of the eyebrow, or on the Supraorbital notch.
Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch, or prick with three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
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