Acupuncture Points on the Du Mai (Governing Vessel)
- Meeting Point of the Governing Vessel with the Large Intestine and Stomach Channels
- Sun Si-miao Ghost Point
Restores consciousness and calms the spiritBenefits the face and nose and expels wind Benefits the spine and treats acute lumbar sprain
Mental disorders, epilepsy, hysteria, infantile convulsion, coma, apoplexy-faint, trismus, deviation of the mouth and eyes, puffiness of the face, pain and stiffness of the lower back.
Where is DU-26 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 559): Above the upper lip on the midline, at the junction of the upper third and lower two thirds of the philtrum.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 234): At the junction of the upper third and middle third of the philtrum.
Puncture obliquely upward 0.3-0.5 inch.
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