BL-3 - Eyebrows Pouring

眉冲 - Méi chōng

Point Region: Head

BL

Bladder Meridian

足太阳膀胱经 - Zú Tàiyáng Pángguāng Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the head, directly above the frontal notch at the inner end of the eyebrow, 0.5 cun behind the front hairline. It lies midway between GV-24 and BL-4.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Follow a line straight up from the inner end of your eyebrow to the front hairline
  2. Move half a thumb-width into the hair
  3. The point is there
BL-3 (Eyebrows Pouring) acupressure point location: On the head, directly above the frontal notch at the inner end of the eyebrow, 0.5 cun behind the front hairline.

How to Apply Pressure

Using a fingertip, apply gentle, steady pressure just behind the front hairline. Keep it comfortable; do not use deep or unrelenting pressure, and stop if it hurts. Do not press this point on infants or young children because the skull bones have not fully closed.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Nasal congestion
  • Loss of smell
  • Heaviness of head
  • Frontal sinusitis

Related Health Concerns

HeadacheFeeling FaintAllergies

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Infants and young children (open fontanelle)