Wind pond

[fēng chí]

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Wind pool, out of "Lingshu Fever". It belongs to Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Channel. It is the meeting of Shaoyang and Yangwei. At the nape, below the occipital bone, at the level of the wind palace, the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of the trapezius muscle. There are branches of lesser occipital nerve, occipital artery and vein. Indications: headache, dizziness, cold, rhinorrhea, epistaxis, redness and swelling of eyes, tears in the wind, night blindness, tinnitus, deafness, strong neck pain, pillow fall, urticaria, erysipelas, neurasthenia, epilepsy, hypertension, goiter, electric ophthalmia, optic atrophy, etc. Stab 0.8-1.2 inches in the direction of nose tip.^[3]

Origin: Lingshu - Fever
Subordinate to Meridians: Gallbladder Channel of Foot Shaoyang
Features: Calm the liver and wind, dispel wind and detoxify

Operation: Stab 0.8-1.2 inches toward the nose tip
Indications: Headache, dizziness, cold, etc
Special indications: Meeting of Foot Shaoyang and Yang Wei
Main compatibility: With Dazhui and Houxi to treat severe neck pain

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nine Compatibility
ten effect

Definition of name

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(1) Wind pond. Wind refers to the wind in which the substance in the acupoint is the air in the sky. The pool is also used to collect water and liquid, which means that the substance in the acupoint is rich in water and moisture. Due to the external heat, the water wet air expands and disperses into the positive hot air, which is transported to each part of the head and neck, so it is called the wind pond. The name of Fengchi means that the Qi and blood of the meridian are transformed into the Yang heat here. The substance of this acupoint is the water wet gas from the brain cavity

(2) Gefu. Heat refers to the high temperature of qi and blood in this point. House, house. The name of "re fu" means that the change of qi and blood of the acupoint is caused by heat expansion. The reason is the same as the name of the wind pond.

(3) It is the meeting of Shaoyang and Yangwei. The yang heat wind dissipated by the heat absorption of this acupoint not only transmits the gallbladder meridian, but also transmits to the heaven level where the yang meridian is located, so it is the meeting of less yang yang.

Function

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It can strengthen yang and replenish qi.

Therapeutic method

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If it is cold, pricking and bleeding or purging before tonifying or moxibustion will occur; if it is hot, purging needle will expel qi.

location

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Pingfengfu point is located in the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of the trapezius muscle.

anatomy

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Between trapezius muscle and sternocleidomastoid muscle; The superficial layer is covered with branches or sub branches of the lesser occipital nerve, occipital artery and vein; There is the greater occipital nerve in the deep layer.

Indications

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1. Headache, dizziness, red eyes, swelling and pain, rhinorrhea, tinnitus and other facial features;

2. Mental disorders such as stroke, insomnia and epilepsy;

3. Strong pain in neck.

operation

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Slightly lower the needle tip, and stab 0.8-1.2 inches obliquely toward the nose tip, or flat stab at Tufengfu.

Clinical application

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It is commonly used to treat hypertension, cerebral arteriosclerosis, neurasthenia, epilepsy, cold, optic atrophy, rhinitis, cervical spondylosis, etc. Acupuncture at Fengchi point has a good effect on patients with optic atrophy.