UB-8 Luoque - Declining Connection

More Spirit Names: Lou End, Brain Cover, Connecting Cleft, Strong Yang

English:	Declining Connection
Also Known As:	Decline

Location

1.5 cun posterior to UB-7 Tongtian, and 5.5 cun within the hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.
Note: This point is most easily located 1.5 cun lateral to and 0.5 cun poster to DU-20 Baihui.
1.5 cun below UB-7 Tongtian, on the top of the head.
5.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.

Needling

Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
Slanted insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

Command Functions

Actions

Benefits the sense organs
Pacifies Wind
Transforms Phlegm
Calms the Shen

Indications

Dizziness
Tinnitus
Nasal congestion
Deviation of the mouth
Blurred vision
Vertigo
Facial paralysis
Rhinitis

Mania-depression
Mad walking
Epilepsy
Disorientation
Goiter
Vomiting
Abdominal distention
Collapse

Combinations

KI-9 Zhubin SI-5 Yanggu DU-19 Houding DU-18 Qiangjian DU-17 Naohu UB-9 Yuzhen	UB-7 Tongtian	SI-19 Tinggong GB-2 Tinghui SJ-21 Ermen DU-20 Baihui LI-5 Yangxi SI-2 Qiangu SI-3 Houxi SI-4 Wangu SJ-3 Zhongzhu LI-1 Shangyang UB-23 Shenshu
Madness with vomiting	Collapse on sudden standing	Tinnitus

Contraindications

Notes

Five Elements Spirit Perspective

Spirit of the Point	Declining Connection is where the Bladder meridian starts its descent from the top of the head, still carrying the strong heavenly Yang of Penetrate Heaven, hence its other name, Strong Yang. Mind and spirit need this clear Yang to act with skill, free of suspicion, doubt and fear, and to keep Water sparkling. Lying over the place where the fontanel closes, it protects a vulnerable area and links past and future, memory and foresight.
Worsley	Carries our intensely concentrated relationship with Heaven over into a new relationship with Earth. What looks like a separation may feel like an ending or a rejection, but Lou End tempers the change so that our heavenly connection is maintained. Location: 1.3 ACI from the midline of the head, 1½ ACI below UB-7. Needle depth: 3 fen Moxa: 3-5 cones
When to Consider	When a person withdraws into themselves When someone cannot hold onto or follow a thought or memory When behavior is scattered When the mind is stuck and rigid and cannot perceive clearly When there is mania

Spirit of the Point

Declining Connection is where the Bladder meridian starts its descent from the top of the head, still carrying the strong heavenly Yang of Penetrate Heaven, hence its other name, Strong Yang. Mind and spirit need this clear Yang to act with skill, free of suspicion, doubt and fear, and to keep Water sparkling. Lying over the place where the fontanel closes, it protects a vulnerable area and links past and future, memory and foresight.

Worsley

Carries our intensely concentrated relationship with Heaven over into a new relationship with Earth. What looks like a separation may feel like an ending or a rejection, but Lou End tempers the change so that our heavenly connection is maintained.

Location: 1.3 ACI from the midline of the head, 1½ ACI below UB-7.
Needle depth: 3 fen
Moxa: 3-5 cones

When to Consider

When a person withdraws into themselves
When someone cannot hold onto or follow a thought or memory
When behavior is scattered
When the mind is stuck and rigid and cannot perceive clearly
When there is mania