POINT: DU-22 (GOVERNING VESSEL-22)
English: | Fontanelle Meeting |
Also Known As: | Fontanelle's Meeting |
- At the top of the head, on the midline, 2 cun posterior to the anterior hairline.
Note: Divide the distance between DU-20 Baihui and the anterior hairline in half and locate this point 0.5 cun anterior to the midpoint or locate it 1 cun posterior to DU-23 Shangxing. - 3 cun anterior to DU-20 Baihui.
- 2 cun posterior to the midpoint of the anterior hairline, 3 cun anterior to DU-20 Baihui.
- Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Caution: this point should not be needled in infants whose fontanelle has not closed.
- Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Benefits the nose
- Eliminates Wind
- Benefits the head
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- This point is contraindicated in infants with metopism.