ST-8 Touwei - Head Tied

More Spirit Names: Head Support, Head Corner, Skull Safeguard

English:	Head's Binding
Also Known As:	Head Support Skull's Safeguard

Location

• 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.
• At the angle of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to the median line of the head at the hairline.
• At the angle of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to the median line of the head at the coronal suture.
• At the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to DU-24 Shenting and 0.5 cun within the hairline.
  Note: there ar three ways to locate this point: 1. 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; 2. locate GB-15 Toulinqi which lies directly above the pupil when the patient is looking directly forward, and DU-24 Shenting which lies on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline. This point lies on the continuation of a line drawn between these two points and twice its distance; 3. 0.5 cun superior to the upper line of the origin of the temporalis muscle, 0.5 cun posterior to a vertical line drawn directly above M-HN-9 Taiyang.

Needling

• Puncture subcutaneously 0.5 to 1 cun.
• Transverse insertion front to back, 0.8 to 1.5 cun. Sensation: pain and distention extending outward from the point of insertion.
• Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.

Command Functions

• Point of the Yang Wei vessel
• Meeting point of the Stomach and Gall Bladder

Actions

• Expels Wind
• Relieves pain
• Brightens the eyes
• Clears Heat
• Stops lachrymation
• Relieves dizziness
• Resolves Phlegm from the head

Indications

Dizziness due to Phlegm A feeling of cloudiness or heaviness of the head Frontal headache due to Dampness or Phlegm Eye problems Excessive lachrymation due to Wind-Heat Migraine Psychosis Facial paralysis Splitting headache with chills and fever Dimness of vision Bursting eye pain

Headache Blurred vision Ophthalmalgia Cerebral congestion Vertigo Facial pain Eyelid spasms Sore eyes with excessive tearing Wheezing with irritability and fullness in the chest Vomiting Dyspnea with agitation and oppression Hemiplegia

Combinations

LI-4 joined to SI-3 Hegu joined to Houxi LIV-3 joined to KI-1 Taichong joined to Yongquan	LU-7 Lieque	GB-14 Yangbai SJ-17 Yifeng ST-4 Dicang LI-20 Yingxiang
Psychosis	Migraine headaches	Facial paralysis
UB-2 Zanzhu	PC-7 Daling	DU-20 Baihui DU-21 Qianding DU-23 Shangxing DU-24 Shenting SJ-23 Sizhukong GB-20 Fengchi LI-4 Hegu UB-2 Zanzhu
Eye tics Headache with eye pain Head Wind with splitting pain Bursting pain of the eyes Lachrymation Pain between the eyebrows	Splitting headache with bursting eye pain	Onesided or generalized head Wind
UB-1 Jingming GB-20 Fengchi GB-15 Toulinqi
Lachrymation on exposure to Wind

Contraindications

Notes

• This is a major local point for dizziness due to Dampness and Phlegm in the head.
• It is also an important point to treat headaches.
• For dizziness from Dampness or Phlegm, the related formula is Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang.