Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
DU-26
Renzhong
Man's Middle
Autres nomsMiddle of Man · Middle of Person · Philtrum · *Shuigou* · Water Palace · *Guigong* · Ghost Palace
- Méridien
- Du Mai
- Classification
- Point de croisement, Point fantôme
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Localisation
- 01On the philtrum, roughly a third of the way down from the base of the nose to the upper lip.
- 02Where the upper and middle thirds of the philtrum meet.
- 03On the midline above the upper lip, at the boundary between the philtrum's upper third and its lower two-thirds.
Puncture
- 01Insert transversely, angled upward, 0.5-1 cun deep, producing local pain and sometimes distention.
- 02For excessive salivation: needle upward toward the nasal septum first, then withdraw partway, keeping the needle subcutaneous, and redirect it toward each nostril in turn — producing local distention and pain.
- 03Insert obliquely upward, 0.3-0.5 cun deep.
Fonctions du point
- Intersecting point of the Stomach and Large Intestine channels on the DU channel.
- Sun Si-miao Ghost Point
Actions
- Restores consciousness
- Calms the Shen
- Clears the brain
- Clears the senses
- Clears Heat
- Benefits the face and nose
- Dispels Wind and Wind-Phlegm
- Restores collapsed Yang
- Regulates the DU channel
- Strengthens the back
- Benefits the lumbar spine
- Treats acute lumbar spasm
- Relaxes the sinews
- Relieves pain
- Clears the nose
- Expels Internal Wind
Indications
- Closed-type Windstroke
- Collapsing syndrome
- Seizures
- Shock
- Heatstroke
- Fainting from hysteria
- Wind-induced facial swelling
- Excessive thirst
- Twitching and cramping of the eye muscles
- Lockjaw
- Coma
- Psychosis
- Lip tremor
- Spasms around the mouth
- Jaundice
- Deviation of the mouth and eyes
- Edema
- Mental disorders
- Infantile convulsions
- Spasm and paralysis of the cheek and extraocular muscles
- Uncontrollable laughing or crying
- Syncope
- Emergency care
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Post-exercise stiffness and pain of the spine
- Rigidity of the back muscles
- Thirst
- Delusion of being struck by ghosts
- Verbal delirium
- Intermittent suffocation
- Abrupt loss of consciousness
- Chills and fever with headache
- Mania-depression
- Unremitting nosebleed
- Loss of ability to distinguish fragrant from foul odors
- Toothache
- Mouth deviation from Windstroke
- Uncontrollable weeping with depression
- Convulsions
- Muscular tetany
- Any acute spinal pain or muscle spasm
- Acute stiffness and pain of the lower back
- Any nasal disorder
- Nasal obstruction
- Rhinitis
- Epistaxis
- Motion sickness
- Halitosis
- Locked jaw from apoplexy
- Insanity
- Wasting and thirst persisting despite drinking
- Twisting pain around the Heart and abdomen
- Facial paralysis
- Lip tremor with facial swelling but no edema
- Madness
- Epilepsy presenting with madness during attacks
- Unconsciousness
- Apoplexy
- Heat exhaustion
- Lumbar muscle spasms
- Spinal deviation
- Diabetes
- Thirst with dyspnea
- Aphasia
- Fright-induced torpor
- Lip swelling
- Vision problems
- Childhood fright Wind, acute or chronic
- Hypertension
- Inappropriate laughter
- Difficulty breathing with clear nasal discharge
Associations
Septic shock
Reviving a drowning victim
- LI-4
- PC-8
Hysteria
Lumbar sprain with lower back pain
Heat exhaustion
Windstroke-induced loss of consciousness
Floating facial edema of Deficiency type
- ST-36
Dizziness following needle shock
Summerheat-stroke-induced loss of consciousness
Excessive crying
Frequent laughter
Madness
Epilepsy
Nasal discharge with loss of smell discrimination
Mouth and eye deviation
Notes
- This point is used to aid resuscitation in an unconscious person.
- It is the first of Sun Si-miao's thirteen Ghost Points, used for treating psychosis and epilepsy.
- Since a person stands between Heaven and Earth, this point is regarded as forging the link between them.