神庭

Shenting

Shenting(GV24,神庭) is an acupuncture point in the meridian named Governor Vessel.

Location

At the top of the head, 0.5 cun posterior to the midpoint the anterior hairline.

Indication

• ①Insanity, epilepsy, insomnia, palpitations;
• ②headache, dizziness, redness with swelling of the eye, corneal cloudiness, rhinorrhea, epistaxis,and other diseases of the head or five sense organ;
• ③insomnia, palpitation, and other mental disorders.

Method

Transverse insertion 0.5~1 cun.