UB 1 UB1 Bright Eyes Jing Ming 睛明 urinary bladder 1 Urinary Bladder 1 ub1
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UB 1 UB1
UB 1 UB1

UB 1 Bright Eyes - Jing Ming - 睛明

UB 1 Point Location

Location

In a depression, .1 cun above the inner canthus of the eye.

Associations

  • Entry Point
  • Intersection Point of the Urinary Bladder, Small Intestine, Stomach, Yin Qiao & Yang Qiao Channels (some sources list additional channels such as the Gall Bladder, Triple Heater & Governing Vessel)

Actions

  • Main point for all eye disorders especially from wind (internal or external), excess, a/or heat.
  • Eye pain, strain, redness, swelling, itching, twitching, blurry vision, etc.
  • Myopia, color blindness, night blindness.
  • Glaucoma, optic nerve atrophy, cataracts.

UB 1 Cautions

Precautions:

  • No Moxa (MX): Cautions with moxa.
  • General (X): General precautions.

Additional Cautions:

Slow insertion, no needle manipulation.

For a more comprehensive list of all cautions, see our precautions and contraindications page.

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