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POINT: GB-15

NAME: TOULINQI

English: Head Governor of Tears
Also Known As: Falling Tears
Near Tears on the Head
Head above Tears

LOCATION:

  • On the forehead, directly above GB-14 Yangbai, 0.5 cun within the anterior hairline midway between DU-24 Shenting and ST-8 Touwei.

NEEDLING:

  • Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
    Note: This point, in common with all points within the hairline may be needled in any direction, depending on the symptomology. The needle should be inserted deep to the subcutaneous layer into the loose tissue adjacent to the bone.
  • Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Slanted insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the Gall Bladder and Urinary Bladder channels with the Yangwei channel

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates the Mind
  • Balances the emotions
  • Eliminates Wind
  • Benefits the head
  • Alleviates pain
  • Benefits the nose and eyes

INDICATIONS:

  • Nasal congestion
  • Nasal congestion with aversion to Cold
  • Headache
  • Head Wind
  • Visual dizziness
  • Pain of the occiput and forehead
  • Pain of the supraorbital ridge
  • Vertigo
  • Occluded nose
  • Pannus
  • Apoplectic coma
  • Seizures
  • Acute and chronic conjunctivitis
  • Redness and pain of the eyes
  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Lacrimation on exposure to Wind
  • Pain of the outer canthus
  • Windstroke
  • Epilepsy
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Malaria
  • Pain of the supraclavicular fossa
  • Axillary swelling
  • Rhinorrhea
  • Nasal obstruction

COMBINATIONS:

ST-8
Touwei
UB-1
Jingming
GB-20
Fengchi

ST-8
Touwei

SJ-3
Zhongzhu

Lacrimation on exposure to Wind

Lacrimation

Visual dizziness

UB-18
Ganshu

LIV-3
Taichong
LI-4
Hegu

UB-7
Tongtian

Superficial visual obstruction

Red eyes

Epistaxis

Nasal congestion

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point has a deep effect on the emotions and is particularly effective in balancing the mood, when the person oscillates between highs and lows.