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POINT: UB-8

English: Declining Connection
Also Known As: Decline
  • 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.
  • Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Slanted insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Benefits the sense organs
  • Pacifies Wind
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Calms the Shen
  • 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

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