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GV22

Xinhui

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顖會 (Xìnhuì) — Fontanel Meeting

Du (Governing) channel · point 22

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Dizziness
  • Nose & throat
  • Urinary & fluids
  • Mood & calm

Cautions & contraindications

  • Young children

Location

On the head, on the anterior midline, 2 cun within the anterior hairline, 3 cun anterior to GV20.

How to locate: Measure 2 cun back from the anterior hairline on the midline, or 3 cun forwards from GV20.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: GV22 · Head & face
Fig. — GV22 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: GV22 · Head & face

GV22 · Head & face · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate
The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.
The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate

The skull, from the front · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Transverse insertion
    Depth 0.5–1 cun
    skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 555 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

  • Young children
Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun
Angle: Transverse
⚠ Cautions: Contraindicated in infants — the anterior fontanel has not yet closed.

Functions

  • Clears the head and opens the nose
  • Expels wind
  • Calms the spirit

Indications

Headache and dizzinessnasal congestion, rhinitis and nasal polypsfacial oedema

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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