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Intestine XINHUI DU-22 Bladder Fontanelle Meeting Kidney LOCATION Pericardium

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COMMENTARY

At the top of the head on the midline, 2 cun Sanjiao posterior to the anterior hairline. Gall Bladder

Liver Conception Governing Extra Points

Baihui DU-20

As is often the case, a point such as Xinhui DU-22 which is considered of minimal importance in modern clinical practice, was clearly ascribed greater significance in classical texts, witnessed by the many traditional indications and combinations. It shares with many points of the head region the ability to pacify interior wind and treat various disorders of the head. Its application in nose disorders, however, is overshadowed by Shangxing DU-23, and in head wind, headache and dizziness, by Baihui DU-20.
COMBINATIONS

Xinhui DU-22 Shangxing DU-23

LOCATION NOTE

Somnolence: Xinhui DU-22 and Baihui DU-20 (Supplementing Life). Childhood fright epilepsy: Xinhui DU-22, Qianding DU-21, Benshen GB-13 and Tianzhu BL-10 (Supplementing Life). Head wind: Xinhui DU-22 and Yuzhen BL-9 (One Hundred Symptoms). Head wind and dizziness: Xinhui DU-22, Shenting DU-24 and Shangxing DU-23 (Supplementing Life). Obstruction of the nose with inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul: Xinhui DU-22, Shangxing DU-23, Baihui DU-20 and Chengguang BL-6 (Supplementing Life).

i. Divide the distance between Baihui DU-20 and the anterior hairline in half and locate Xinhui DU-22 at 0.5 cun anterior to this midpoint; ii. Locate 1 cun posterior to Shangxing DU-23; iii. If the anterior hairline is indistinct, locate it 3 cun superior to the glabella and 5 cun anterior to Baihui DU-20.
NEEDLING

Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Caution: this point should not be needled in infants whose fontanelle has not yet closed.
ACTIONS

3 cun

1 cun 1 cun

Benefits the nose Eliminates wind and benefits the head

INDICATIONS

Nosebleed, nasal congestion, inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul, excessive nasal discharge in children, pain of the nose, nasal polyps. Head wind, chronic headache, deficiency and cold of the brain, bursting headache due to excessive consumption of alcohol, dizziness, visual dizziness, chronic and acute childhood fright wind. Blue-green (qing) complexion, red and swollen face, swelling of the skin of the head, dandruff. Somnolence, fright palpitations.