LOCATION
5.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, 1.5cun directly above the Qiangjian(GV18).
Features
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Body Inches (cun)
Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.
Nerves, vascular
The branches of the greater occipital nerve and the branches of the left and right occipital arteries and veins.
Indication
Headache,stiff neck,vertigo,dizziness,fainting,migraine,mania,epilepsy,nervous headache,neck muscle spasm,schizophCVia,hysteria.Main point for headache, dizziness, eye pain and redness, irritability, hypertension from excess yang in the upper body, often occuring with patterns of excess LRer yang or LRer fire. Combine with lower body points such as LV 2, LV 3, KI 1, GB 34, GB 41.
Main point for internal wind which has some overlapping indications with the above entry, for headaches, dizziness, visual dizziness, tinnitus, vertex pain, windstroke, seizures.Main point for prolapse, anal, uterine, vaginal; main point for hemorrhoids.
Used to effect the association area (related to emotions, memory, behavior), useful for low energy, yang energy imbalances, parkinson’s, alzheimer’s, motor control issues.
Combinations
Neck pain,chill,headache:GV 18 & ST 40.
Anxiety :GV 20 & GV 18 & BL 06 & GB 36.
Vertigo,dizziness,fainting:GV 19 & KI 01.
Wind dizziness:GV 19 & BL 09 & GB 04.
Alopecia: GV 19 & GB 20 & GV 14 & ST 08.
Neck pain,chill:GV 19 & GB 36.
Heartache:GV 19 & KI 01.
穴位
在頭部,當後髮際正中直上5.5寸。
特點
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同身寸
針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。
是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,
作为量取穴位的長度單位。
穴區神經血管
枕大神經分支和左右枕動、靜脈分支。
適應症
頭痛,項強,眩暈,偏頭痛,癲狂,癇症,神經性頭痛,頸項肌肉痙攣,精神分裂症,癔病。
穴位配伍療法
頸項痛,惡風寒:1.頭痛難禁:強間、豐隆。
煩心:百會、強間、承光。 2.外丘
眩暈:1.後頂 2.湧泉
風眩:1.後頂 2.玉枕 3.頷厭
脫髮: 1.後頂 2.風池 3.大椎 4.頭維
頸項痛、惡風寒:1.後頂 2.外丘
頂心痛:1.後頂 2.湧泉