GB-15 - Head Governor of Tears

头临泣 - Tóu lín qì

Point Region: Head

GB

Gallbladder Meridian

足少阳胆经 - Zú Shàoyáng Dǎn Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the head, 0.5 cun behind the front hairline, directly above the centre of the pupil when looking straight ahead. It is at the midpoint of 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. Look straight ahead
  2. Follow a line straight up from the centre of the pupil to the front hairline
  3. The point is half a thumb-width behind the hairline on that line
GB-15 (Head Governor of Tears) acupressure point location: On the head, 0.5 cun behind the front hairline, directly above the centre of the pupil when looking straight ahead.

How to Apply Pressure

Look ahead and follow a line up from your pupil; find the point just behind the front hairline. Apply gentle, steady pressure there with a fingertip. Keep it comfortable: firm but never painful, and never deep or unrelenting. Stop if it hurts. Avoid this point if you have severe sinus infections with fever, acute eye disorders, recent forehead surgery.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Headache
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Red eyes
  • Anxiety
  • Sinusitis
  • Eye strain
  • Emotional release
  • Frontal pressure

Related Health Concerns

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Severe sinus infections with fever
  • Acute eye disorders
  • Recent forehead surgery

Take care:

  • Use gentle pressure on forehead area
  • Avoid during acute sinus infections
  • Discontinue if eye symptoms worsen
  • Seek medical attention for persistent sinus problems