BL-4 - Crooked Curve

曲差 - Qū chā

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, 0.5 cun behind the front hairline, 1.5 cun out from the midline. It is one third of the way along the curved line from GV-24 to ST-8.

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. Find the middle of your front hairline
  2. Move two finger-widths out to the side and half a thumb-width into the hair
  3. The point is there
BL-4 (Crooked Curve) acupressure point location: On the head, 0.5 cun behind the front hairline, 1.5 cun out from the midline.

How to Apply Pressure

Using a fingertip, apply gentle, steady pressure half a thumb-width behind your front hairline, two finger-widths out from the midline. Firm but never painful pressure is enough; do not keep pressing if it hurts. Skip this point over irritated or broken skin.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Nasal congestion
  • Loss of smell
  • Heaviness of head
  • Vertex headache

Related Health Concerns

HeadacheFeeling FaintAllergies

Select a point to see its location, how to find it, and its traditional uses.