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POINT: DU-26 (GOVERNING VESSEL-26)  

NAME: RENZHONG

English: Man's Middle
Also Known As: Middle of Man
Middle of Person
Philtrum
Shuigou
Water Palace
Guigong
Ghost Palace

LOCATION:

  • On the philtrum, about one-third the distance from the base of the nose to the top of the lip.
  • At the junction of the upper third and middle third of the philtrum.
  • Above the upper lip on the midline, at the junction of the upper third and lower two-thirds of the philtrum.

NEEDLING:

  • Transverse insertion directed upward, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local pain and possibly distention
  • For Excessive salivation: first insert the needle upward to the septum of the nose, then withdraw slightly , keeping the needle under the skin and direct first toward one nostril and then the other. Sensation: local distention and pain.
  • Puncture obliquely upward 0.3 to 0.5 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Intersecting point of the Stomach and Large Intestine channels on the DU channel.
  • Sun Si-miao Ghost Point

ACTIONS:

  • Revives consciousness
  • Calms the Shen
  • Clears the brain
  • Clears the senses
  • Clears Heat
  • Benefits the face and nose
  • Dispels Wind and Wind-Phlegm
  • Restores collapsed Yang
  • Regulates the DU channel
  • Strengthens the back
  • Benefits the lumbar spine
  • Treats acute lumbar spasm
  • Relaxes the sinews
  • Alleviates pain
  • Clears the nose
  • Eliminates Internal Wind

INDICATIONS:

  • Closed-type Windstroke
  • Collapsing syndrome
  • Seizures
  • Shock
  • Heatstroke
  • Hysteria with fainting
  • Facial swelling due to Wind
  • Excessive thirst
  • Eye muscle twitches and cramps
  • Lockjaw
  • Coma
  • Psychosis
  • Lip tremor
  • Spasms in the region of the mouth
  • Jaundice
  • Mouth and eyes awry
  • Edema
  • Mental disorders
  • Infantile convulsions
  • Spasms and paralysis of the buccal and extraoccular muscles
  • Patient laughs or cries
  • Syncope
  • Emergency care
  • Cerebral hemorrhage
  • Stiffness and pain of the vertebral column after exercise
  • Rigor of the back muscles
  • Thirst
  • Patient believes himself to be hit by blows from ghosts
  • Verbal delirium
  • Intermittent suffocation
  • Sudden loss of consciousness
  • Headache with chills and fever
  • Mania-depression
  • Ceaseless nosebleed
  • Inability to distinguish fragrant from foul
  • Toothache
  • Deviated mouth due to Windstroke
  • Depression with uncontrolled weeping
  • Convulsions
  • Muscular tetany
  • All acute spinal pain or muscle spasms
  • Acute lower back pain and stiffness
  • All nasal disorders
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Rhinitis
  • Epistaxis
  • Motion sickness
  • Halitosis
  • Apoplectic locked jaw
  • Insanity
  • Emaciation and thirst even after drinking
  • Twisting pain in the vicinity of the Heart and abdomens
  • Facial paralysis
  • Facial swelling without edema with lip tremor
  • Madness
  • Epilepsy with madness during crisis
  • Unconsciousness
  • Apoplexy
  • Heat exhaustion
  • Spasms of the lumbar muscles
  • Deviation of the spine
  • Diabetes
  • Thirst with dyspnea
  • Aphasia
  • Torpor due to fright
  • Swelling of the lips
  • Vision problems
  • Acute and chronic childhood fright Wind
  • Hypertension
  • Inappropriate laughter
  • Clear nasal discharge with difficulty breathing

COMBINATIONS:

PC-6
Neiguan
KI-1
Yongquan
ST-36
Zusanli

REN-1
Huiyin
PC-9
Zhongchong

LI-4
Hegu
Joined to
PC-8
Laogong

Septic shock

Revival from drowning

Hysteria

UB-40
Weizhong

M-UE-1
Shixuan
KI-1
Yongquan
UB-40
Weizhong

PC-9
Zhongchong
LI-4
Hegu

If ineffective

DU-15
Yamen
LIV-1
Dadun

Lower back sprain

Pain in the lumbar spine

Heat exhaustion

Loss of consciousness from Windstroke

DU-21
Qianding

ST-36
Zusanli

LI-4
Hegu
ST-44
Neiting
DU-20
Baihui
REN-3
Zhongji
REN-6
Qihai

Deficient floating facial edema

Dizziness following needle shock

Loss of consciousness from Summerheat stroke

DU-20
Baihui

LU-7
Lieque
LI-5
Yangxi
PC-7
Daling

DU-28
Yinjiao

Tendency to excessive crying

Frequent laughter

Madness

PC-5
Jianshi

SJ-16
Tianyou

ST-6
Jiache
ST-4
Dicang
REN-24
Chengjiang
GB-2
Tinghui
LI-4
Hegu

Epilepsy

Nasal discharge with inability to distinguish fragrant from foul

Deviation of the mouth and eye

ST-6
Jiache
DU-20
Baihui
REN-24
Chengjiang
LI-4
Hegu

LU-5
Chize
UB-40
Weizhong

Afterward

UB-60
Kunlun
UB-65
Shugu
SJ-6
Zhigou
GB-34
Yanglingquan

 

Lockjaw following Windstroke

Pain of the lumbar region and lateral costal region due to sprain

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point is used to promote resuscitation when the person is unconsciousness.
  • This is the first of the thirteen Ghost Points listed by Sun Si-miao for treatment of psychosis and epilepsy.
  • Man lies between Heaven and Earth. This point is considered to establish the connection between the two.