What this routine is — and isn’t
PointWell uses these techniques for everyday comfort and short screen breaks. It does not diagnose or treat migraine, chronic headache, dry eye, glaucoma, myopia, or other eye conditions.
full ROUTINE STRUCTURE
5-Minute Head & Face Ease
A slower sequence combining gentle BL2 brow contact, surface pressure at GB20, and a longer screen-free pause.
Guided self-care with safety and location checks before the timer.
Points in this routine
Protocol note
The exact PointWell sequence, timing, and single-session format have not been directly tested as a complete clinical protocol.
Exact protocol: not validated. 300 seconds; learning, safety and check-in are outside the timer.
- Screen pause - 10 seconds
Step away from the screen and let your gaze rest.
- Bilateral circular pressure - 60 seconds
Place your fingertips lightly at the inner brow-bone hollows. Use small, gentle circles for one minute. Keep all pressure on the brow bone, away from the eyes.
- Transition - 10 seconds
Release your face and bring your hands to the base of your skull.
- Pressure or gentle rub - 30 seconds left
Rest a thumb or fingertip in the soft hollow below the left side of your skull. Use comfortable surface pressure — do not dig deeply.
- Transition - 10 seconds
Release fully and change sides.
- Pressure or gentle rub - 30 seconds right
Use the same comfortable surface pressure on the right side. Stop if you feel dizziness, pain, or another unusual sensation.
- Distance gaze break - 20 seconds
Look toward a distant, stable object if practical and blink naturally.
- Screen free settle - 90 seconds
Stay off the screen for a little longer. Let your jaw, brow, shoulders, and hands stay easy.
- Final release - 40 seconds
Let both hands rest and notice how your head and face feel before you return to what you were doing.
Before you begin
PointWell offers general self-care and educational guidance and is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical care.
Mild, familiar head, brow, or screen-related tension.
Seek urgent medical care for a sudden severe headache, a headache after head injury, or headache with confusion, fainting, seizures, weakness, numbness, trouble speaking, stiff neck with fever, double vision, or major vision changes.
Choose eye care for sudden vision loss or change, new double vision, severe eye pain, eye injury, new flashes or many floaters, or concerning halos.
Stay on the brow bone. Use light, comfortable contact only. Never press the eyeball, eyelid, or push inward into the eye socket.
Stay at the surface of the soft hollow below the skull. Do not dig deeply under the skull or into the neck.
Traditional Use
BL2 (Cuanzhu) and GB20 (Fengchi) have long been used in East Asian medicine in head, eye-region, and neck-related contexts. Traditional use is not proof of modern efficacy.
Modern Evidence
Manual acupressure and self-massage have been studied for head and neck discomfort, but evidence is limited and often involves multi-point programs. Screen-break evidence belongs to the behavioral component, not BL2 efficacy. BL2 independent effects on vision, dry eye, or eye disease are not established.
Evidence Labels
Limited / indirect manual evidence
Limited / supportive self-care evidence
Established supportive behavior; separate from acupressure
Protocol Note
The exact PointWell sequence, timing, and single-session format have not been directly tested as a complete clinical protocol.
GB20 appears in self-care guidance and BL2 appears in multi-point self-massage protocols; the exact multi-component PointWell routine is not validated and component effects cannot be isolated.
Check-in
How does your head and face area feel right now?
- A little easier
- About the same
- More uncomfortable
Immediate self-report only; not a clinical outcome, treatment response, or efficacy measure.
Completion
Return to your screen gradually if you need to. Keep regular visual breaks in your day, and use this routine as a comfort practice rather than a treatment for headache or eye conditions.