Knowledge baseAcupuncture points
GB-18
Chengling
Support Spirit
Also known asSpirit Receiver
- Channel
- Gallbladder
- Classification
- Crossing
Location
- 01Along the curved line connecting GB-15 Toulinqi and GB-20 Fengchi that traces the skull's contour, in the parietal region 1.5 cun behind GB-17 Zhengying.
- 02Directly lateral to DU-20 Baihui, 2.25 cun from the midline, on the Gall Bladder channel. Note: needling direction here is not fixed and should follow the presenting symptoms — aim toward the site of pain or connect to other head points.
- 03On the scalp, 4 cun above the anterior hairline and 2.25 cun lateral to the midline.
Needling
- 01Insert transversely, 0.5-1.5 cun.
- 02Insert obliquely, 0.5-1 cun.
- 03Moxibustion may be used.
- 04Insert subcutaneously, 0.3-0.5 cun.
Point functions
Meeting point of with the Yang Wei Channel.
Actions
- Benefits the head
- Calms the Shen
- Clears the brain
- Benefits the nose
- Descends Lung Qi
- Relieves pain
Indications
- Headache
- Brain Wind
- Dizziness
- Eye pain
- Rhinitis
- Epistaxis
- Bronchitis
- Vertigo
- Nasal congestion
- Dyspnea
- Cough
- Aversion to Wind and Cold
- Common cold
- Blocked nose
- Runny nose
Notes
This point exerts a profound influence on mental disorders, including obsessive thinking and dementia.