LOCATION
4 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline and 1.5 cun above Naohu (GV17).
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 greater occipital nerve branches, left and right occipital artery and vein branches.
Indication
Headache，dizziness，stiff neck，upset，insomnia，mania，meningitis，nervous headache，vascular headache，hysteria. Regulates the LRer and calms wind. Stiff neck, headache. Visual dizziness, blurring of vision. Epilepsy, Insomnia, Manic Depression.
Used to effect the autonomic nerves, balances internal organs qi, useful for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, hormone imbalance.
Good point for mania and headache mainly caused by hypertension.
Combinations
Headache：GV 18 & ST 40.
Anxiety a. heartache：GV 18 & HT 06.
Anxiety b.：GV 20 & GV 18 & BL 06.
穴位
在頭部，當後髮際正中直上4寸（腦戶上1.5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，左右枕動、靜脈分支。
適應症
頭痛，目眩，頸項強直，心煩，失眠，癲狂，腦膜炎，神經性頭痛，血管性頭痛，癔病。
穴位配伍療法
頭痛難禁：1.強間 2.豐隆
煩心 a 心痛：1.強間 2.陰郄
煩心 b：1.百會 2.強間 3.承光