Intersecting point: foot shaoyang and yang link vessel.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Mu" (目), eye; "chuang" (窗), window. The acupoint is located directly above eye, like a window connecting to the upper part of eye. The qi of foot shaoyang gallbladder meridian passes through this point to reach Zhengying (GB17), therefore it is also named "Zhiying" (至營), meaning "reaching Zhengying."

bubble_chart Location

Muchuang (GB16) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the top of head, 2 cun posterior to anterior hairline, 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of head, on the line connecting Toulinqi (GB15) and Fengchi (GB20).

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1 cun posterior to Toulinqi";
• Shenying Jing and Zhenjiu Dacheng state "1.5 cun posterior to Toulinqi".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: epicranial aponeurosis.
• Nerve: combined branches of medial and lateral branches of frontal nerve.
• Vessels: frontal branch of the frontal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert subcutaneously backward 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion is not applied.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clear head and eyes.

• Classical: headache, dizziness, eye pain, myopia, glaucoma, white membrane covering pupil, edema of head and face, upper teeth decay and swollen.
• Modern: myopia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Headache: Muchuang (GB16), Tianchong (GB9), Fengchi (GB20).
• Red eyes: Muchuang (GB16), Daling (PC7).
• Edema of head and eyes: Muchuang (GB16), Xiangu (ST43).