On the head, on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline.
🔬 Anatomy
Frontalis muscle. Innervated by the frontal nerve.
💉 Needling
Transverse (subcutaneous) insertion, 0.5–1.0 cun.
📜 Etymology
Shen (神), mind; Ting (庭), court or vestibule. "The brain is the mansion of the primordial mind." The point is located on the forehead, like a vestibule of the brain.
