GB19

Naokong

Star

腦空 (Nǎokōng) — Brain Hollow

Gallbladder channel · point 19

Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Yang Wei Mai

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Eye health
  • Ears & hearing
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery
  • Pain & joints
  • Heart & circulation

Location

On the head, directly above GB20, level with the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.

Fig. — GB19 · Crown & occiput
Side view of the skull — Gray's Anatomy plate
Side view of the skull Gray's Anatomy, 1918

Needling

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Transverse

Functions

  • Clears the head and calms the spirit
  • Expels wind

Indications

Occipital headache and stiff neckdizziness and vertigopalpitations and anxietyepilepsytinnitusblurred vision

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