crossing point: meeting of governor vessel (GV) and foot yangming.

【Origin】

The depression under the nose looks like Shuigou (GV26), and the acupoint is in it, hence the name. Shuigou (GV26) resembles a human form, Release Name‧Shape: "Under the nose, it is called a standing person. When standing on the nose, it is narrow and long, like a standing person." It lives in a cave, so it is also called "Renzhong". . Also explained, human refers to the human part, which resides between the heaven (upper) part and the earth (lower) part. The nose governs the weather (breathing), the mouth governs the earth (fluid retention (eating)), and the point is in the human part between the mouth and nose. Explanation of Laozi: "The nose is the gate of heaven, the mouth is the household of earth, and Renzhong between heaven and earth is like this."

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Under the nose column Renzhong";
• acupuncture and moxibustion Jade Dragon Sutra: "Take three points under the nose, hold Shuitu (ST10) at the origin point";
• Zhenjiu Juying: "Near the nostrils trapped".

【Anatomy】

• Muscle: Orbicularis oris.
• Nerves: buccal branch of facial nerve, branches of infraorbital nerve.
• Vessels: Upper labial artery and vein.

【Manipulation】

perpendicular insertion or upward oblique insertion 0.5 to 1 inch. Moxibustion is prohibited.

【Efficacy】

resuscitation, refresh the mind, raise Yang, reduce swelling, and sharpen the waist and spine.

• Classical: sudden death, coma, unconsciousness, wind-stroke block syndrome/pattern, muteness, infantile convulsion, epilepsy, madness, epilepsy, laughing all the time, crying for joy and crying, cold and heat, confidant Colic, jaundice, edema, diarrhea, crookedness, swollen face, itchy face like worms, moving lips, itchy and red eyes, allergic rhinitis, epistaxis, no smell, sores in the nose, bad breath, headache , strong pain in the back, acute lumbar sprain pain.
• Modern: syncope, shock, hiccup, enuresis, urinary retention, tetanus, facial paralysis, hysteria, schizophrenia, chorea, spasm, hemifacial spasm, motion sickness, seasickness, airsickness, acute lumbar sprain.

【Recipe】

• infantile convulsion: Yintang (EX-HN3), Shuigou (GV26).
• Maternal fainting: Shuigou (GV26), Neiguan (PC6).
• Hysteria: Shuigou (GV26), Hegu (LI4) and Laogong (PC8).
• Swollen and deficient face: Shuigou (GV26), Qianding (GV21).
• Nistaxis: Shuigou (GV26), Shuifen (CV9), Yinjiao (CV7).
• Spinal pain, contusion, acute lumbar sprain pain: Shuigou (GV26), Weizhong (BL40).

【Notes】

Renzhong, originally the name of the part, was used as the name of the acupoint by Tongren acupoint, acupuncture and moxibustion.