Zhenfang Liuji It is said that it is the marrow meeting. crossing point: foot taiyang, meeting of Shaoyang.

[Origin]

Wangu (GB12), the protruding bone behind the ear, the mastoid process of the temporal bone. The point is in the depression behind and below it, hence its name.

[Location]

Wangu (GB12) point
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Behind the ear, enter hairline four points";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng : "In the middle of hairline seven points below Qiaoyin".

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: above the attachment of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
• Nerve: main trunk of the lesser occipital nerve.
• Vessels: Postauricular artery and vein branches.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion 0.5~1 inch. No moxibustion.

[Efficacy]

dispelling wind, clearing away heat and calming the mind.

• Classical: head wind, pain behind the ears, acute pain in the gums, swollen neck that cannot be tilted down, swollen cheeks that lead to the ears, pharyngitis, malaria, epilepsy, inability to retract the legs, eccentric wind, contracture of the hands and feet.
• Modern: insomnia, deviation of mouth, mumps, cerebral hypoplasia, cerebral palsy, hysteria.

[Recipe]

• Palaria: Wangu (GB12), Fengchi (GB20), Dazhu (BL11).
• Pharyngitis on the head and face: Wangu (GB12), Juliao (ST3) pharyngitis, neck swelling that cannot be tilted down, cheek swelling behind the ears: Wangu (GB12), Tianyou (TE16), Qiangu (SI2).
• Neck pain: Wangu (GB12), Hanyan (GB4).
• insomnia: Wangu (GB12), Sanjian (LI3).