bubble_chart Category Intersecting point: foot shaoyang and yang link vessel.
bubble_chart Etymology
"Nao" (腦), brain; "kong" (空), cavity. The acupoint is near brain, hence the name. Also known as "Nieru" (顳顬) due to its proximity to temporal bone.
bubble_chart Location
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Naokong (GB19) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On head, at the lateral edge of superior nuchal line, 2.25 cun lateral to the midline of head, on the line connecting
Toulinqi (GB15) and
Fengchi (GB20), level with
Naohu (GV17) and
Yuzhen (BL9).
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "1.5 cun posterior to Chengling (GB18), , in the depression beside occipital bone";
- Suwen-Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note: "Beside occipital bone, above occipital bone" ;
- Bian Que Xinshu: "At the end of three finger-widths above the tip of ear";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "One method states: 2 cun above Fengchi (GB20), level with the tip of ear";
- Zhenjiu Jicheng: "0.7 cun posterior to Xuanlu (GB5), 1.5 cun above Fengchi (GB20)"; This places it directly above Fengchi (GB20) on occiput, level with external occipital protuberance, though the exact measurements vary in records.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: occipital muscles
- Nerves: branches of greater occipital nerve
- Vessels: branches of occipital artery and vein.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Insert subcutaneously backward 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion is not applied.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Dispel head wind, open nasal orifice.
- Classical: brain wind, blurred vision, headache, fever, dizziness due to wind, eye pain, nasal gangrene, depressive psychosis, palpitation.
- Modern: sinusitis, trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, schizophrenia.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Severe Nasal Issues: Naokong (GB19), Touqiaoyin (GB11).
- Depressive psychosis, emaciation, headache: Naokong (GB19), Shugu (BL65).
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