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GV23

Shangxing

Star

上星 (Shàngxīng) — Upper Star

Du (Governing) channel · point 23

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

  • Headaches
  • Eye health
  • Nose & throat
  • Mood & calm

Cautions & contraindications

  • Young children

Location

On the head, on the anterior midline, 1 cun within the anterior hairline.

How to locate: Measure 1 cun back from the anterior hairline on the midline (4 cun in front of GV20); BL5 lies at the same level, 1.5 cun lateral.

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

Body map, front: GV23 · Head & face
Fig. — GV23 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: GV23 · Head & face

GV23 · 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. 556 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

  • Young children
Depth: 0.3–0.8 cun
Angle: Transverse, directed posteriorly
⚠ Cautions: Contraindicated in infants with an open fontanel.

Functions

  • Opens the nasal passages and stops nosebleed
  • Expels wind and clears heat from the nose and face
  • Clears the head and calms the spirit
  • Benefits the eyes

Indications

Nasal congestion, rhinitis, sinusitis and nasal polypsnosebleedfrontal headacheeye pain and blurred visionmania

Clinical Notes

The principal Du Mai point for the nose, and a reliable point for nosebleed.

Similar Points

Shangyang how are these connected? (Shangyang) Shangqu how are these connected? (Shangqu) Shangqiu how are these connected? (Shangqiu)

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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