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POINT: DU-24 (GOVERNING VESSEL-24)  

English: Courtyard of the Spirit
Also Known As: Mind Courtyard
Spirit Hall
  • 0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.
  • At the top of the head on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 0.5 cun anterior to DU-23 Shangxing.
  • Note: If the anterior hairline is indistinct, locate it 3 cun superior to the glabella and 5 cun anterior to DU-20 Baihui.
  • 0.5 cun posterior to the middle of the natural hairline at the forehead.
  • Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 50 0.5 cun or prick to cause bleeding.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Slanted insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Meeting point of the DU channel and Stomach and Bladder channels
  • Calms the mind
  • Benefits the Brain
  • Calms the Shen
  • Eliminates Wind
  • Benefits the head
  • Benefits the nose and eyes
  • Schizophrenia
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Rhinorrhea
  • Psychosis
  • Ascends to high places and sings
  • Mimics other people's speech
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Upward staring eyes
  • Opisthotonis
  • Vomiting with agitation and fullness
  • Headache with chills and fever
  • Cold sensations of the head
  • Epistaxis
  • Lachrymation
  • Dyspnea
  • Seizures
  • Epilepsy
  • Anxiety
  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Mania-depression
  • Discards clothing and runs around
  • Fright palpitations
  • Tongue thrusting
  • Wind dizziness with vomiting
  • Wind epilepsy
  • Dizziness
  • Head Wind
  • Clear, ceaseless nasal discharge
  • Nasal congestion and discharge
  • Lack of visual clarity
  • Rhinopolypus
  • Stomatitis

GB-13
Benshen

DU-27
Duidan
REN-24
Chengjiang

DU-25
Suliao

KI-1
Yongquan

Severe anxiety and fears

Madness with vomiting of foam

Wind epilepsy

DU-21
Qianding

DU-20
Baihui
DU-21
Qianding
DU-23
Shanxing
SJ-23
Sizhukong

GB-20
Fengchi
LI-4
Hegu
UB-2
Zanzhu
ST-8
Touwei

DU-23
Shanxing
DU-22
Xinhui

Inability to speak following Windstroke

One-sided or generalized head Wind

Head Wind and dizziness

DU-23
Shanxing
KI-1
Yongquan
UB-45
Yixi
LU-10
Yuji
SP-2
Dadu

UB-12
Fengmen
LI-4
Hegu
UB-2
Zanzhu
LI-20
Yingxiang
UB-67
Zhiyin
KI-27
Shufu

LIV-2
Xingjian

Visual dizziness

Rhinitis with clear nasal discharge

Lachrymation

  • According to several classic texts, this point is contraindicated to needling as it may cause mania or damage the eyesight.
  • This is a very important and powerful point to calm the mind.
  • Sedate unless terrifically depressed.