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POINT: GB-19 (GALL BLADDER-19)

NAME: NAOKONG

English: Brain Hollow
Also Known As: Brain Cavity

LOCATION:

  • On the head at the level of the upper border of the external occipital protuberance (DU-17 Naohu), 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of the head.
  • Directly above GB-20 Fengchi and level with DU-17 Naohu on the back of the head.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Slanted insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
    Note: This point, in common with all points within the hairline may be needled in any direction, depending on the symptomology. The needle should be inserted deep to the subcutaneous layer into the loose tissue adjacent to the bone.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the Yangwei channel

ACTIONS:

  • Benefits the head
  • Alleviates pain
  • Pacifies Wind
  • Clears the sense organs

INDICATIONS:

  • Headache
  • Stiffness of the neck
  • Vertigo
  • Painful eyes
  • Tinnitus
  • Epilepsy
  • Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes
  • Deafness
  • Pain of the nose
  • Nasal congestion
  • Epistaxis
  • Fright palpitations
  • Mania-depression disorder
  • Heat in the body
  • Common cold
  • Asthma
  • Seizures
  • Mental illness
  • Palpitations
  • Head Wind
  • Brain Wind
  • One-sided headache with heaviness of the head
  • Stiffness and pain of the neck with inability to turn the head
  • Wind dizziness
  • Taxation disorders with emaciation

COMBINATIONS:

DU-17
Naohu
UB-7
Tongtian

DU-20
Baihui
UB-10
Tianzhu

 

Pain and heaviness of the head

Head Wind

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

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