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POINT: DU-16 (GOVERNING VESSEL-16)  

English: Palace of Wind
Also Known As: Wind's Palace
Wind's Dwelling
Wind Palace
Wind Mansion
Guizhen
Ghost Pillow
  • 1 cun above the posterior hairline in the depression inferior to the external occipital protuberance on the posterior midline.
  • 1 cun above the middle of the natural hairline at the back of the head, in the depression directly below the occipital protuberance.
  • Directly below the external occipital protuberance, in the depression between the bilateral origins of the trapezius muscle, 1 cun within the hairline.
  • On the nape of the neck, in the depression directly below the external occipital protuberance.
    Note: the external occipital protuberance is found as the bony prominence at the base of the skull on the midline. In some people, it may be difficult to feel. The point lies approximately 1 cun above the posterior hairline.
  • 1 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, directly below the external occipital protuberance, in the depression between the m. trapezius of both sides.
  • Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: Avoid deep insertion.
  • Perpendicular insertion, slightly inferiorly., 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: the spinal canal lies between 1.5 and 2 cun deep. to the skin surface, varying according to body build. Deep perpendicular or superior oblique insertion is strictly contraindicated.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun. Deep puncture is not advisable. The medullar bulb is in the deep layer. Special attention should be paid in acupuncture.
  • Sea of Marrow point
  • Meeting point of the Yangwei channel
  • Sun Si-miao Ghost point
  • Window of Heaven point
  • Eliminates Wind
  • Nourishes the Sea of Marrow
  • Benefits the head and neck
  • Calms the Shen
  • Seizures
  • Mania
  • Hemiplegia
  • Aphasia due to stroke
  • Delirium
  • Suicidal behavior
  • Fear and fright
  • Anxiety
  • Common cold due to Wind-Cold
  • Sensation of heaviness of the head
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Deaf-mutism
  • Blurred vision
  • Sinusitis
  • Epistaxis
  • Neck stiffness
  • Short memory
  • Poverty of thought
  • Suicidal
  • Beriberi
  • Fevers
  • Jaundice
  • Wind Bi
  • All types of Wind diseases
  • Injury by Wind
  • The hundred diseases of the head
  • Visual dizziness
  • Upward staring eyes
  • Sadness and fear with fright palpitations
  • Pain in the neck with inability to turn the head
  • Visual hallucinations
  • Numbness of the limbs
  • Mental illness
  • Post apoplexy aphasia
  • Cerebral hemorrhage
  • Stiffness of the tongue preventing speech
  • Tongue too relaxed to speak
  • Sudden mutism
  • All disorders of the head
  • Neck rigidity
  • Paralysis of the nape of the neck
  • Rigor of the entire body
  • Vertigo
  • Hypertension
  • Sore throat
  • Pharynx and larynx swollen and painful
  • Laryngitis
  • Psychosis
  • Madness due to Shang Han (Wind-Cold)
  • Influenza
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Chills with abundant sweating and a sensation of a heavy body
  • Toothache
  • Heaviness of the body with aversion to Cold
  • Head wind
  • Incessant talking
  • Mad walking with a desire to commit suicide
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Heat in the chest
  • Classless vomiting

GB-20
Fengchi

SI-16
Tianchuang
PC-8
Laogong

REN-24
Chengjiang

The hundred disorders due to injury by Cold.

Throat pain

Loss of voice

Stiffness of the head and nape with difficult rotation

DU-15
Yamen

GB-20
Fengchi

DU-17
Naohu
UB-9
Yuzhen
DU-23
Shangxing

LI-2
Erjian
LI-20
Yingxiang

Windstroke

Flaccidity of the tongue

Sudden loss of voice

Pain of the eyes with inability to see

Rhinitis with nosebleed

DU-28
Yinjiao

UB-60
Kunlun
UB-65
Shugu

UB-13
Feishu

Stiffness and pain of the neck with inability to turn the head

Mania

Incessant talking without rest

Mad walking with a desire to commit suicide

SI-5
Yanggu

DU-2
Yaoshu

 

Mad walking

Numbness of the legs

 

  • Deep needling is contraindicated.
  • Use moxibustion with caution.
  • According to several classical texts, this point is forbidden to moxibustion.
  • For Tai Yang Zhong Feng, initially prescribe Gui Zhi Tang. If this causes agitation, needle DU-16 Fengfu and then GB-20 Fengchi, then re-administer Gui Zhi Tang Recovery will follow.
  • This point is important for treating both Exterior and Interior Wind.