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Intersecting point: foot shaoyang and yang link vessel. According to Nan Jing, it is also a intersecting point of yang heel vessel.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Feng" (風), wind; "chi" (池), pool, this acupoint is located on the side of neck, in a depression resembling a pool. It is a site prone to invasion by wind pathogens and is also a key acupoint for treating wind-related disorders, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Below occipital bone at nape, in the depression between the upper outer border of trapezius muscle and the posterior border of the upper end of sternocleidomastoid muscle. It is located between Fengfu (GV16) and Yifeng (TE17), or at the midpoint of the line connecting the tip of mastoid process (lower end) of temporal bone and spinous process of second cervical vertebra.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the depression at posterior hairline, below the temporal region (Naokong (GB19))";
• Waitai Miyao: "On both sides of neck";
• Suwen-Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note: "In the depression behind ear, pressing it can induce a sensation extending into ear";
• Yixue Rumen: "One and a half cun behind the ear, horizontally adjacent to Fengfu (GV16)";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Two cun lateral to Fengfu (GV16) on both sides";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian : "Slightly above the level of earlobe, in the depression at outer hairline where the large tendon is located, aligned with Yifeng (TE17)".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: between sternocleidomastoid muscle and the stop of trapezius muscle; the deep layer, splenium capitis muscle.
• Nerve: branches of lesser occipital nerve; medial part, greater occipital nerve.
• Vessels: branches of occipital artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert 0.5 to 1.2 cun toward inner canthus of the opposite eye. Deep insertion is not recommended, especially not toward outer canthus, tragus, or the anterior border of tragus, to avoid penetrating the cranial cavity and damaging medulla oblongata or brain. Similarly, deep insertion toward inner canthus of the same eye should be avoided to prevent injury to the vertebral artery. Moxibustion is generally not applied.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispel wind, releasing exterior, clear head, benefit five sense organs and seven orifices.

• Classical: headache, vertigo, fever without sweating, malaria, stroke with aphasia, goiter, stiff neck and pain, blurred vision, excessive tearing, excessive tears and eye discharge, redness and pain in eyes, visual disturbances, ear disorders, allergic rhinitis and epistaxis, muscle spasms.
• Modern: hypertension, cerebral concussion, common cold, myopia, photoelectric ophthalmia, retinal artery obstruction, glaucoma, acute conjunctivitis, eyelid ptosis, facial muscle spasms, urticaria.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Blurred vision: Fengchi (GB20), Wuchu (BL5).
• Pterygium encroaching on the cornea: Fengchi (GB20), Qingming, Taiyang (EX-HN5), Hegu (LI4).
• Common cold: Fengchi (GB20), Waiguan (TE5).
• Nasal congestion: Fengchi (GB20), Shangxing (GV23), Yingxiang (LI20), Hegu (LI4).
• Hypertension: Fengchi (GB20), Quchi (LI11), Zusanli (ST36), Taichong (LR3).
• Migraine and headache: Taiyang (EX-HN5), Fengchi (GB20), Hegu (LI4).
• Occipital headache: Fengchi (GB20), Houxi (SI3), Kunlun (BL60).
• Myopia: Fengchi (GB20), Hegu (LI4), Jingming (BL1), Chengqi (ST1).
• Photoelectric ophthalmia: Fengchi (GB20), Hegu (LI4).