11 GB12 Wangu Mastoid Process 完骨
GB12 Wangu
Mastoid Process

完骨穴

LOCATION

In depression just posterior and inferior to mastoid process.

Features

Meeting point of Bladder and Gallbladder Meridians.

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 main occipital nerve and the arteries and veins behind the ear.

Indication

Headache,insomnia,epilepsy,facial paralysis,aphasia;mumps,gingivitis,otitis media,tonsillitis,lips muscle atrophy,toothache. Dispel exterior & interior wind from the head – tinnitus, tremors in the head, occipital headache, neck rotation ROM issues. Regulates and calms the spirit – insomnia.

Combinations

Migraine: GB 12 & GB 20 & GB 08.
Acute pharyngitis: GB 12 & SI 17 & ST 11 & CV 22.
Throat paralysis,swollen cheek:GB 12 & 2.TE 16 & SI 02. Neck pain:GB 12 & GB 04.
Insomnia:GB 12 & LI 03.
Epilepsy: GB 12 & GB 20 & GV 14 & PC 06.

穴位

在頭部,當耳後乳突的後下方凹陷處。

特點

交會穴:足太陽、少陽之會。一說為髓會穴。

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

枕小神經主幹和耳後動、靜脈。

適應症

頭痛,失眠,癲癇,面神經麻痺,失語;腮腺炎,齒齦炎,中耳炎,扁桃體炎,口唇肌肉萎縮,牙痛。

穴位配伍療法

偏頭痛: 1.完骨 2.風池 3.率谷 喉痺: 1.完骨 2.天容 3.氣舍 4.天突 喉痹 頸項頰腫引耳後:1.完骨 2.天牖 3.前谷 痎瘧:1.完骨 2.風池 3.大杼 頭面氣癰腫:1.完骨 2.巨髎 頸項痛:1.完骨 2.頷厭 失眠:1.完骨 2.三間 癲 ​​疾: 1.完骨 2.風池 3.大椎 4.內關