Acupuncture Points on the The Extra Points
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Headache, head heaviness, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, infantile convulsion, frontal headache, insomnia
Where is Yin Tang located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 565): At the glabella, at the midpoint between the medial extremities of the eyebrows.
With the fingers of one hand pinch up the skin over the point, and with the other hand needle transversely in an inferior or lateral direction, 0.3-0.5 cun.
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