14 GV23 Shangxing Upper Star 上星
GV23 Shangxing
Upper Star

上星穴

LOCATION

1 cun above to the middle of hairline a/or 0.5 cun posterior to GV 24.

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 frontal nerve, the branches of the frontal arteries and veins, and the branches of the superficial temporal arteries and veins.

Indication

Headache,vertigo,dizziness,fainting,eye rednesss and sore throat,,Swollen face,nasosinusitis,nosebleed,rhinopolyp,carbuncle of nose,mania,epilepsy,children convulsions,malaria,fever. Main point for nose problems, nasal congestion, rhinitis, nasal polyps, sinus headache. Eye/Vision issues – shortsightedness, visual dizziness, painful/eye rednesss. Facial swelling. Psychological issues, primarily with wind derived mania symptoms from a TCM perspective.
Used for face and cervical issues, useful for sinus congestion, eye issues, and neck pain/cervical disc issues.

Combinations

Headache:GV 23 & GV 20 & LI 04.
Dizziness:GV 23 & GB 20 & BL 10.
Headache,eyes pain:GV 23 & LI 04 & LR 03.
Swollen face:GV 23 & GV 22 & GV 21 & 4.GV 17 & GB 20.
Nasal obstruction:GV 23 & GV 20 & GV 22 & BL 06.
nosebleed:GV 23 & LI 20 & LI 04.
Nasal polyps,Swollen face,nosebleed:GV 23 & GV 14.
Children epilepsy:GV 22 & GV 21 & GB 13 & BL 10 & GV 26.
Rosacea:GV 23 & EX-HN3 & GV 25 & GV 20 & LI 20 & LI 04 & 7.LI 11 & 8.LU 07 & 9.TE 06.
Malaria:GV 23 & GB 40 & ST 43.
Mania,headache:GV 22 & BL 09.

穴位

在頭部,當前髮際正中直上1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

額神經分支,額動、靜脈分支及顳淺動、靜脈分支。

適應症

頭痛,眩暈,目赤腫痛,迎風流淚,面赤腫,鼻淵,鼻出血,鼻痔,鼻癰,癲狂,癇證,小兒驚風,瘧疾,熱病。

穴位配伍療法

頭風:1.上星 2.百會 3.合谷
頭眩:1.上星 2.風池 3.天柱
頭目痛:1.上星 2.合谷 3.太衝
面赤腫:1.上星 2.囟會 3.前頂 4.腦戶 5.風池
鼻塞不聞香臭:1.上星 2.百會 3.囟會 4.承光
鼻出血:1.上星 2.迎香 3.合谷
鼻中息肉、面赤腫、口鼻出血不止:1.上星 2.大椎 小兒驚癇:1.囟會 2.前頂 3.本神 4.天柱5.水溝
酒渣鼻:1.上星 2.印堂 3.素髎 4.百會 5.迎香 6.合谷 7.曲池 8.列缺 9.支溝
瘧疾:1.上星 2.丘墟 3.陷谷
癲狂,頭風:1.囟會 2.玉枕