14 GV16 Fengfu/ Wind Mansion 風府
GV16 Fengfu
Wind Mansion

風府穴

LOCATION

On the midline of the nape of the neck, 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline.

Features

Crossing point of Yangwei and Governor Vessel. Ghost point.

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 third occipital nerve branches to the greater occipital nerve and the occipital artery branches.

Indication

Stiff tongue,swelling and sore throat;aphonia,headache,vertigo,dizziness,fainting,stiff neck,strokemania;nervous headache,nerve and muscle pain on the neck,cold,hysteria.
Main point for wind, whether exterior or interior, particularly affecting the head and neck. For wind cold headache, stiff neck, aversion to wind; as well as dizziness, visual dizziness, numbness, twitching, tremors.
Window of the Sky point, promotes communication between the head and body, many indications are consistient with other points of this group, such as headache, dizziness, throat swelling, earache, eye pain, nosebleeds, aphasia. Psychological issues such as mania, palpitations from fear a/or fright, suicidal thoughts.

Combinations

Laryngalgia:GV 16 & SI 16 & PC 08.
Skin or muscle syndrome caused by cold :GV 16 & GB 31.
Cold:GV 16 & GB 20 & BL 12 & LU 07 & LI 04 & KI 07.
Foot weakness:GV 16 & GV 02.
Mad : GV 16 & SI 05.
Ravings:GV 16 & BL 60 & BL 65.
Running piglet:GV 16 & BL 13 & LR 03 & ST 40.

穴位

在項部,當後髮際正中直上1寸,枕外隆凸直下,兩側斜方肌之間凹陷處。

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

第三枕神經與枕大神經分支,枕動脈分支。

適應症

舌急不語,咽喉腫痛。失音,頭痛,眩暈,頸項強急,中風癲狂, 。神經性頭痛,頸項部神經、肌肉疼痛,感冒,癔病。

穴位配伍療法

喉嗌痛:1.風府 2.天窗 3.勞宮
寒傷肌膚經絡:1.風府 2.風市
感冒風寒:1.風府 2.風池 3.風門 4.列缺 5.合谷 6.復溜
足不仁:1.風府 2.腰俞
狂走:1.風府 2.陽谷
狂易多言不休:1.風府 2.崑崙 3.束骨
狂躁奔走,煩亂欲死:1.風府 2.肺俞 3.太衝 4.豐隆