Fengchi 风池 (GB20)
Fēngchí
| LOCATION | In the depression between the upper end of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the trapezius, at the level of the lobule of the ear. |
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| INDICATIONS | Headache, vertigo, stiffness of the neck, eye diseases, nasal congestion, hypertension, febrile diseases, malaria. |
| ACTIONS | Dispels wind, clears heat, benefits the head and the senses, subdues liver yang. |
| NEEDLING | Oblique insertion 0.8 to 1.2 cun, directed towards the tip of the nose or the opposite orbit. Do not needle deeply in a posterior-medial direction. |
| MOXIBUSTION | Moxa cone 3 to 5 cones; mild-warm moxibustion 10 to 15 minutes. |
| CAUTION | Deep posterior-medial needling risks injury to the medulla oblongata; a pneumothorax is also possible with excessive depth. |
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