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Classical / meridian acupuncture / Classical TCM / Extra points
EX-HN3印堂Yìntáng

Yintang

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free

Location

On the head, at the midpoint between the eyebrows.

World Health Organization (2008) WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pa… — Page p. 191 S1

Functions

Calms the spirit, benefits the nose, expels wind.

Peter Deadman (2007) A Manual of Acupuncture S3D — traditional/empirical

Indications

Insomnia, anxiety, frontal headache, sinusitis, rhinitis.

Peter Deadman (2007) A Manual of Acupuncture S3D — traditional/empirical→ Insomnia

Technique

Transverse downward 0.3–0.5 cun (pinch the skin up).

Peter Deadman (2007) A Manual of Acupuncture S3

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Sources of this point