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ST-8

头维

Tóu Wéi

Touwei

Location · 定位

头侧部，额角发际上0.5寸，头正中线旁开4.5寸处

On the lateral side of the head, 0.5 cun above the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead, 4.5 cun lateral to the midline

Needling

平刺 0.3–0.5 寸

Special Categories

足阳明与足少阳、阳维脉交会穴

Actions · 功效

courses wind and clears heat
brightens the eyes and stops pain
frees the network vessels and stops spasms

Indications · 主治

头痛、眩晕headache, dizziness
目痛、流泪eye pain, tearing
眼睑瞤动twitching of the eyelids

Draft

Footnotes · 引用

[1]Deadman, Manual of Acupuncture 2nd ed.

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@misc{bencaodian-tou-wei,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Tóu Wéi 头维 (Touwei) — ST-8},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/acupoints/tou-wei},
  urldate      = {2026-04-16},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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