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Alternate names: 合颅 hé lú, Skull Union; 会额 huì é, Meeting of the Forehead; 西风 xī fēng, West Wind; 匝风 zā fēng, Circumference Wind

Channel: GV, Governing (dū) Vessel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the posterior aspect of the head, immediately superior to the external occipital protuberance (eop), 1.5 cùn above the occipital ridge, on the midline.

Classic location: One and a half cùn directly above Wind Mansion (GV-16), on the pillow bone. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: The branches of the occipital arteries and veins of both sides. The branch of the great occipital nerve.

Action: Dispels wind and clears heat; disperses swelling and settles tetany; rouses the brain and opens the orifices.

Modern indications: Dizzy head; stiff nape; loss of voice; epilepsy.

Classic indications: Red facial complexion; yellow eyes; swelling of the face; swelling of the head; painful swelling of the neck; jaundice; bleeding from the root of the tongue; red eyes; eye pain with unclear vision; loss of voice; tugging and slackening.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3 cùn perpendicular insertion (see Warnings). Moxa: pole 2‒3 min.

Warning: Needling of this point is contraindicated in some texts and direct moxibustion is contraindicated in most.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the bladder channel and the governing vessel.

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