11 GB18 Chegling/ Spirit Support 承靈
GB18 Chegling
Spirit Support

承靈穴

LOCATION

4 cun above the anterior hairline and 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head.

Features

Meeting point of Gallbladder Meridian and Yangwei Vessel.

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 occipital artery and vein.

Indication

Headache,cold,nasitis,rhinitis,nosebleed,bring down a fever.

Combinations

Headache (top):GB 18 & GV 20 & LR 03.
Nasosinusitis:GB 18 & LI 20 & EX-HN3.
Nosebleed,suffocation,stuffy nose:GB 18 & GB 20 & BL 12 & GV 45 & SI 03.
Fever:GB 18 & GV 14 & GB 20.

穴位

在頭部,當前髮際上4寸,頭正中線旁開2.25寸。

特點

交會穴,通陽維脈。

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

枕大神經分支和枕動、靜脈分支。

適應症

頭痛,感冒,鼻炎,鼻出血,退燒。

穴位配伍療法

巔頂頭痛:1.承靈 2.百會 3.太衝
鼻淵:1.承靈 2.迎香 3.印堂
鼻衄窒喘息不通:1.承靈 2.風池 3.風門 4.噫嘻 5.後溪
發熱,惡風寒:1.承靈 2.大椎 3.風池