Intersecting point. Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: intersecting point of foot shaoyang and yang link vessel; Suwen-Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note: intersecting point of foot yangming and foot shaoyang. Please refer to Wang Bing's note.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Wei" (維) means rules, principles, or key points. The point is located at the hairline on head, serving as a key point of head, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Touwei (ST8) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "At the corner of the forehead hairline, 1.5 cun to the side of Benshen (GB13)" ;
• Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing: "At the corner of the forehead, entering the hairline".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: Upper edge of frontalis muscle, in the membrane of the galea tendon.
• Nerves: auriculotemporal nerve branch, maxillary nerve zygomatic nerve zygomaticotemporal branch, facial nerve temporal branch.
• Vessels: superficial temporal artery, frontal branch of vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert upwards and backwards, or sideways downwards along the skin, for a depth of 0.5 to 1 cun.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispel wind, vent fire, relieve pain, improve vision.

• Classical: headache from chills and fever, eye pain with excessive tearing, panting and fullness, vomiting and sweating, difficulty speaking, unstoppable eyelid twitching, tears in the wind, unclear vision.
• Modern: forehead pain, migraine, schizophrenia, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, hair loss.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Headache as if shattered, eye pain as if falling out: Touwei (ST8), Daling (PC7).
• Eyelid twitching: Touwei (ST8), Zanzhu (BL2).
• Tears in the wind: Touwei (ST8), Jingming (BL1), Linwei, Fengchi (GB20).
• Migraine: Touwei (ST8), Qubin (GB7), Fengfu (GV16), Lieque (LU7).
• Schizophrenia: Touwei (ST8), Hegu (LI4) through Houxi (SI3), Taichong (LR3) through Yongquan (KI1).