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GB-20
Fengchi
Wind Pool
También conocido comoWind Pond · Pool of Wind
- Canal
- Vesícula biliar
- Clasificación
- Punto de cruce
Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.
Localización
- 01Beneath the occiput, roughly halfway between DU-16 Fengfu and GB-12 Wangu, in the hollow formed by the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles, close to the skull base — typically the most tender spot in that hollow.
- 02In the depression between the upper sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles, level with DU-16 Fengfu.
- 03Between the depression below the occipital bone's tuberosity at the back of the head and the mastoid process, situated between the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles.
Punción
- 01Insert slightly obliquely downward along the channel's direction, 1-1.5 cun, aiming toward the tip of the nose, the opposite eyeball, or M-HN-3 Yintang, 0.5-1 cun. Caution: needling too deep risks injuring the spinal cord.
- 02Insert through to the opposite-side GB-20 Fengchi, 2-3 cun.
- 03Insert 0.5-0.8 cun, directed toward the tip of the nose.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
- 05Insert perpendicularly, level with the earlobe and angled slightly downward, 1-1.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, sometimes spreading to the vertex, temple, forehead, or eyes.
- 06Insert obliquely, connecting through to the opposite GB-20 Fengchi, 2-3 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, at times radiating across the back of the neck. Caution: avoid excessive depth, which risks puncturing the medulla oblongata.
Funciones del punto
- Major point for Wind
- Point of the Yang Wei channel
- Point of intersection of the Yang Wei and San Jiao vessels on the Gallbladder channel
- Meeting point of the Gallbladder and San Jiao channels with the Yang Qiao and Yang Wei vessels
Acciones
- Expels Wind
- Releases the Exterior
- Dispels Cold
- Dispels Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat
- Soothes the Liver
- Subdues Liver Yang
- Relaxes the sinews
- Promotes the flow of Qi
- Frees the channel
- Relieves pain
- Extinguishes Liver Wind
- Clears Liver Fire and Heat
- Brightens the eyes
- Benefits the head and eyes
- Clears the sensory orifices
- Clears the brain
- Sharpens hearing
- Regulates the Yang Wei channel
Indicaciones
- Headache
- Head Wind
- Vertigo
- Insomnia
- Neck and shoulder pain and stiffness with inability to turn the head
- Blurred vision
- Glaucoma
- Red, painful eyes
- Convulsions
- Epilepsy
- Infantile convulsions
- Febrile disease
- Common cold
- Nasal obstruction
- Rhinorrhea
- All disorders of the eye
- Optic nerve atrophy
- Myopia
- Conjunctivitis
- Sore, red eyes
- Blurred vision
- Excessive tearing
- Color blindness
- Night blindness
- Sudden blindness
- Redness of the inner canthus
- Pain of the inner canthus
- Strabismus
- Loss of consciousness
- Cataract
- Poor memory
- Lateral and midline headaches
- Deviation of the mouth and eye
- Speech loss following Windstroke
- Cold injury with no sweating
- Crooked lumbar spine causing flaccidity and weakness of the sinews and neck
- Sore throat
- Vision problems
- Loss of consciousness
- Neuralgia of the whole head
- Frontal headache
- Inflammation of the eyeball
- Weak vision
- Nasosinusitis
- Severe neck pain radiating to the back, with torticollis
- Spasms in the renal region that make the patient bend double
- Apoplexy due to Wind
- Apoplexy with aphasia and drooling
- Thyroid hypertrophy
- Qi rising to the upper body
- Weakness of the elbow and legs
- Insomnia
- Migraines
- Malarial disorders
- Seizures
- Muscular tetany
- Hyperthyroidism with a flushed face
- Hypertension from Excess Yang
- Bi syndrome with generalized body aches
- Urticaria
- Erysipelas of the upper body from Wind-Heat
- Hemiplegia
- Dizziness
- Visual dizziness
- Occipital headache
- Tidal fever
- Heaviness of the head
- Lockjaw
- Neurasthenia from Rising Liver Yang
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Back pain
- Closed-type Windstroke
- Throat Bi
- Deafness
- Tinnitus
- Blocked ears
- Sinusitis
- Epistaxis
- Fever and chills
- Fondness for stretching
- Weakness of the lumbar tendons
- Neck swelling
- Neck tumors
- Iritis
- Brain diseases
- Goiter
- Warm febrile disease with no sweating
- Dim vision
- Tearing on exposure to Wind
- Cold
- Sudden severe deafness
- Direct attack by Wind
- Cervical migraine
- Hemicrania
- Headache from Wind-Heat influenza
- Dazzled vision
- Rhinitis
- Rhinorrhea
- Contracture and pain of the renal region and back
- Stooped back
- Common cold with fever and no sweating
- Paludism
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Laryngitis
- Qi rising to block the ears and obstruct the throat, preventing speech
Combinaciones
Wind-Cold
- LI-4
- SJ-5
Wind-Heat
- DU-14
- LI-4
Common cold
Seizures
Hypertension
Spinal kyphosis
Vision problems
- DU-16
For Tai Yang Zhong Feng patterns in which Cinnamon Twig Decoction Gui Zhi Tang was given but produced agitation: needle these points, then re-administer Gui Zhi Tang — the hundred diseases arising from Cold injury
- GB-16
- GB-9
Headache
- LI-4
- SJ-23
Unilateral or generalized headache
Unilateral or generalized Head Wind
- LI-4
- ST-40
- ST-41
Dizziness from Head Wind
Dizziness
Tearing on exposure to Wind
Tearing brought on by Cold
Eye pain with inability to see
Nosebleed with labored breathing
Impaired hearing and deafness
- UB-45
- SJ-16
Facial swelling (needle GB-20 last)
Facial redness and swelling
Curvature of the lumbar spine (reinforce GB-20, reduce GB-39)
Notas
- On the mental-emotional level, this point supports clearer perception and better judgment.
- This is a major point with a wide range of functions.
- When needled with reinforcing technique, it tonifies the Marrow.
- It is among the foremost points for treating disorders of the head, brain, and sensory organs, particularly the eyes.
- It is the single most important point for headache and dizziness, regardless of cause or channel involved.
- It is one of the principal points for treating Wind.