ST-08 (Tou Wei) Head Corner

Eliminates wind and alleviates pain

Benefits the eyes

Headache, blurring of vision, ophthalmalgia, lacrimation.

Where is ST-08 located?

• A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 135): At the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to Shenting DU-24 and 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline. <br /><br /> There are three methods to locate this point: <br />i. Find the meeting point of a horizontal line drawn 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline, and a vertical line drawn 0.5 cun posterior to the hairline of the temple <br />ii. Locate Toulinqi GB-15 which lies directly above the pupil when the patient is looking directly forwards, and Shenting DU-24 which lies on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline. Touwei ST-8 lies on the continuation of a line drawn between these two points and twice its distance <br />iii. 0.5 cun superior to the upper line of origin of the temporalis muscle, 0.5 cun posterior to a vertical line drawn directly above Taiyang (M-HN-9).
• Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 147): On the lateral side of the head, 0.5 cun above the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead, and 4.5 cun lateral to the midline of the head.

Puncture 0.5-1.0 inch subcutaneously.