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Alternate names: 鼻准 bí zhǔn, Tip of the Nose; 面王 miàn wáng, King of Face; 面正 miàn zhèng, Face Center; 正面 zhèng miàn, Center of the Face; 准头 zhǔn tóu, Nose Tip

Channel: GV, governing (dū) vessel

Modern location: An acupoint located at the very tip of the nose.

Classical location: At the very tip of the nose. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: The lateral nasal branches of the facial artery and vein. The external nasal branch of the anterior ethmoid nerve.

Action: Discharges heat and opens the orifices; returns yáng and stems counterflow.

Modern indications: Nasal congestion; nosebleed; clouded spirit; clouding reversal; suffocation in newborns.

Classical indications: Nasal polyps; copious snivel; nose sores; excessive tearing; nasal block with panting; acute child fright wind; tugging and slackening.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.1‒0.3 cùn upward oblique or perpendicular insertion.

Warning: Moxa contraindicated.

Point name meaning:

• 素 sù: pure, simple, plain; white;
the original nature of things; common
• 髎 liáo: bone-hole

The ideograph 素 (fù) can mean white, the color associated with the lung. As this point is located on the tip of the nose, which is the orifice of the lung, the name may be rendered as White Bone-Hole.

The character 素 (sù) carries a meaning of emptiness, like a hole. The term 素手 (sù shǒu), for example, means empty-handed (素 sù, empty; 手 shǒu, hand). The hole at the tip of the nose may therefore be called Empty Bone-Hole.

This point is located at the tip of the nose, which is in the center of the face. Thus GV-25 has the alternate names of Tip of the Nose and Face Center. This is the natural arrangement of things, so the name of the point may also be translated as Original Bone-Hole. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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