No standard contraindications. Moxibustion permitted.
📍 Location (classical)
1.5 cun lateral to the midline and 5.5 cun superior to the anterior hairline, or 0.5 cun posterior to GV-20 (1.5 cun posterior to BL-7).
🧭 How to find it (practical)
Seated with the head supported, first locate Bai Hui (GV-20). Luo Que (BL-8) lies 1.5 cun lateral and 0.5 cun posterior to it.
🔬 Anatomy
Epicranial aponeurosis. Innervated by the greater occipital nerve.
💉 Needling
Transverse (subcutaneous) insertion of 0.5–0.8 cun.
📜 Etymology
Luo (络), connection; Que (却), return. The Bladder Connecting (Luo) Meridian, after connecting with the brain, returns to the surface of the body from this point.
