Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
GB-12
Wangu
Mastoid Process
Autres nomsWhole Bone · Final Bone · Completed Bone · Finished Bone
- Méridien
- Vésicule biliaire
- Classification
- Point de croisement
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Localisation
- 01In the hollow located just behind and below the mastoid process — found by resting a finger on the mastoid prominence and sliding it backward into the depression.
- 020.7 cun below GB-11 Qiaoyin, level with GB-16 Fengfu, at the posterior edge of the mastoid process.
Puncture
- 01Insert obliquely in a downward direction, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Puncture obliquely, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- 03Moxibustion may be used.
- 04Insert at a slant, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Fonctions du point
Meeting point of the Gall Bladder and Bladder channels
Actions
- Expels Wind
- Stops spasms
- Redirects rebellious Qi downward
- Settles the Mind
- Benefits the head
- Relieves pain
- Calms the Shen
Indications
- Otitis media
- Epilepsy
- Migraines
- Insomnia
- Toothache
- Cheek swelling extending to the ear
- Ear pain
- Throat Bi
- Mania
- Heart agitation
- Dark urine
- Seizures
- Aphasia
- Facial paralysis or swelling
- Dizziness
- Tinnitus
- Pain behind the ear
- Headache
- Head Wind accompanied by pain behind the ear
- Head tremor
- Neck stiffness and pain that prevents turning the head
- Hemiplegia
- Mouth and eye deviation
- Lockjaw
- Wasting and tightening of the muscles around the mouth
- Weak, flaccid legs
- Wasting disorder affecting the arms and legs
- Malaria
- Sweating without aversion to Cold
- Throat pain
- Parotitis
Associations
Notes
As a local point, it addresses both Exterior and Interior Wind.