Temporal headache acupoints
Use these points if you have a headache in your temples.
Here are the points to use
Click through the slideshow to learn the sequence at your own pace, then watch the video.
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TitleStep 1: LI 4
This point is located on hand, in the web between the thumb and index finger.
Place the hand palm down. When the thumb and pointer finger are pressed together, the point is located at the highest point of the muscle.
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TitleStep 2: GB 20
The point is located behind the neck.
Place fingers on the vertebra of the neck, just below the edge of the skull. Gently move the fingers laterally along the lower edge of the skull until your fingers fall into a depression that feels like a small pool. This point is typically located at the most sensitive, deepest point in the hollow.
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TitleStep 3: Taiyang
This point is located on the head at the temple, in the tender depression between the eyebrow and eye.
Find the midpoint between the edge of the eyebrow and the outer edge of the eye. Move approximately one fingers- width beside this location, to the tender depression located at the temple.
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TitleStep 4: GB 41
The point is located in the significant depression just proximal to the tendon.
Run a finger proximally from the webbing between the fourth and fifth metatarsal, along the interspace between the bones, until it passes over the branch of the tendon.
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Disclosure
The acupoint protocols shared in these materials are general in nature, intended to provide complementary therapeutic support to patients in an easily reproducible format. In contrast, licensed acupuncturists and healthcare providers trained in Chinese Medicine develop individualized acupoint prescriptions through patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning based on Chinese Medicine theory. The acupoints used by licensed acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine providers to treat specific symptoms and address the root causes of illness may vary widely from the following protocols, based on the individual.
