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Channel: Non-Channel Point

Modern location: A group of acupoints located on the superior aspect of the head, 1 cùn in front of, behind and on either side of GV-20 (bǎi huì).

Classic location: One inch from Hundred Convergences (GV-20) on all four sides. (Life-Promoting Canon of Acupuncture and Moxibustion)XXX

Local anatomy: The occipital artery, lateral frontal artery, and superficial temporal artery. The great occipital nerve, the auriculotemporal nerve, the lateral branches of the frontal nerve.

Action: Courses the channels and collaterals; enhances movement of the limbs.

Modern indications: Wind stroke hemiplegia; headache; dizziness; insomnia; forgetfulness; epilepsy; mental disorders.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.2‒0.3 cùn transverse insertion.

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