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Yintang EX-HN3

Find the inner end of each eyebrow. Yintang is the midpoint between them, on the centerline of your forehead.

Educational preview · clinical review pending

Reviewed location guidance

Illustrative only · no placement diagram

Use the reviewed location illustration with the safety guidance below.

Locate

Where is it?

Find the inner end of each eyebrow. Yintang is the midpoint between them, on the centerline of your forehead.

Stay centered between the eyebrows — not higher on the forehead and not down on the bridge of the nose.

Landmarks

  • Left medial eyebrow end
  • Right medial eyebrow end
  • Facial anterior midline

Contact

Where should my finger touch?

  • Contact: One fingertip pad
  • Surface: Glabellar skin
  • Pressure Envelope · Allowed: Light to gentle comfortable pressure
  • Pressure Envelope · Deep Pressure: Prohibited
  • Pressure Envelope · Painful Pressure: Prohibited

Duration, rhythm and side order belong to the routine.

Safety

  • Local Avoid: Open wound
  • Local Avoid: Active rash
  • Local Avoid: Significant swelling
  • Local Avoid: Local infection
  • Local Avoid: Recent local facial trauma
  • Ease Or Stop If: Sharp pain
  • Ease Or Stop If: Increasing local discomfort
  • Ease Or Stop If: Skin irritation

Traditional use

Traditional context

Traditional source linkage is pending in the supplied knowledge base.

traditional theory

Educational preview · clinical review pending

Modern evidence

Calm & Stress · Promising

Yintang has been studied for situational anxiety. Findings do not establish treatment for an anxiety disorder.

manual acupressure

Educational preview · clinical review pending

MOD-CALM-001 MOD-CALM-002

Sleep & Relaxation · Limited

Yintang appears in multi-point sleep protocols, but its independent sleep effect has not been established.

manual acupressure

Educational preview · clinical review pending

MOD-SLEEP-SAA-001

Evidence limits

Traditional use and modern evidence are separate. Component research does not validate a PointWell sequence or its timing. Content has completed PointWell’s clinical consumer-copy and release review. Exact PointWell protocols have not been clinically validated.

Evidence & Sources

References are transcribed from the supplied knowledge base. Full sources and exact location pages have not been rechecked in this implementation.

Safety

General self-care. PointWell offers general self-care and educational guidance and is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical care.

Stop if you feel worse. Stop the session if you feel worse. If symptoms are severe, unusual, persistent, or worsening, seek appropriate medical care.

EX-HN3 safety. Avoid broken or inflamed skin. Do not direct pressure toward the eyeballs or bridge of the nose.

Used in PointWell routines

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5 min

5-Minute Bedtime Calm

A longer wind-down using gentle Yintang contact, bilateral HT7 pressure, and a final screen-down pause.

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60 sec

60-Second Centering Pause

A brief Yintang practice for a moment when you want to slow the pace and reorient.

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5 min

5-Minute Calm Reset

A five-minute practice using gentle Yintang and right-wrist HT7 contact together, followed by a simple check-in.

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