| TRANSLATION: | Eye Brightness; Bright Eyes |
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| TYPE: | Meeting point of the Urinary Bladder, Small Intestine, Stomach, Gall Bladder, and San Jiao meridians with the Governing, Yin Qiao, and Yang Qiao vessels |
| LOCATION: | 0.1 cun medial and superior to inner canthus of the eye, near the medial border of the orbit |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 90° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.2-0.3 cun |
Urinary Bladder Meridian 膀胱经
| TRANSLATION: | Gathered Bamboo |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | Superior to the inner canthus, in a depression on the eyebrow, close to its medial end |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a) 20° insertion inferiorly towards UB 1, b) 5° lateral insertion to join Yu Yao (M-HN-6), c) Prick to bleed for Heat disorders |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.3-0.5 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Eyebrow's Pouring; Eyebrow's Ascension |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | Directly above UB 2, 0.5 cun within anterior hairline, level with GV 24 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Deviating Turn; Crooked Curve |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 0.5 cun within the anterior hariline, 1.5 cun lateral to GV 24 and one third of the distance between between GV 24 and ST 8 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Five Places; Fifth Place; Fifth Position |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 0.5 directly posterior to UB 4, 1 cun within the hairline, and 1.5 cun lateral to GV 23 |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |
| TRANSLATION: | Support Light; Receiving Light |
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| TYPE: | |
| LOCATION: | 1.5 cun posterior to UB 5, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | 0.5-1.0 cun |