Indications: Irregular menstruation, pain and stiffness of the lower back, hemorrhoids, muscular atrophy of the lower extremities, epilepsy.
GV 3: (yao) yang guan / (Lumbar) Yang Pass
Function: Strengthens the lower back, tonifies yang, strengthens the legs.
Indications: Irregular menstruation, nocturnal emission, impotence, pain in the lumbosacral region, muscular atrophy, motor impairment, numbness and pain of the lower extremities, epilepsy.
GV 4: mung men / Life Gate
Function: Tonifies Kidney yang, nourishes original Qi, warms gate of vitality, expels cold, strengthens the lower back, benefits essence.
Indications: Stiffness of the back, lumbago, impotence, nocturnal emission, indigestion, irregular menstruation, diarrhea, leukorrhea.
GV 5: xuan shu / Suspended Pivot
Function: Fortifies the Spleen and harmonizes the Stomach, strengthens the lumbar and knees.
Indications: Pain and stiffness of the lower back, diarrhea, indigestion.
GV 6: ji zhong / Spinal Center
Function: Fortifies the Spleen and disinhibits damp, supplements the Kidneys and stems desertion, strengthens the lumbar.
Indications: Pain in the epigastric region, diarrhea, jaundice epilepsy, stiffness and pain of the back.
GV 7: zhong shu / Central Pivot
Function: Supplements the Kidneys and strengthens the lumbar, harmonizes the Stomach and relieves pain.
Indications: Pain in the epigastric region, lower back pain, stiffness of the back.
GV 8: jin suo / Sinew Contraction
Function: Relaxes the sinews, eliminates interior wind.
Indications: Epilepsy, stiffness of the back, gastric pain.
GV 9: zhi yang / Extremity of Yang
Function: Regulates Liver and Gallbladder, moves Qi, opens chest and diaphragm, resolves damp-heat.
Indications: Jaundice, cough, asthma, stiffness of the back, pain in the chest and back.
GV 10: ling tai / Spirit Tower
Function: Diffuses the Lung and suppresses cough, frees the channels and quickens the connecting vessel.
Indications: Cough, asthma, furuncles, back pain, neck rigidity.
GV 11: shen dao / Spirit Path
Function: Regulates the Heart, calms the mind.
Indications: Poor memory, anxiety, palpitation, pain and stiffness of the back, cough, cardiac pain.
Indications: Cough, asthma, epilepsy, pain and stiffness of the back, furuncles.
GV 13: tao dao / Kiln Path
Function: Stiffness of the back, headache, malaria, febrile diseases.
Indications: Clears heat, releases the exterior, regulates the Lesser Yang.
GV 14: da zhui / Great Hammer
Function: Clears heat, releases the exterior, expels wind, regulates nutritive and defensive Qi, clears the mind, tonifies the yang.
Indications: Neck pain and rigidity, malaria, febrile diseases, epilepsy, afternoon fever, cough, asthma, common cold, back stiffness.
GV 15: ya men / Mute’s Gate
Function: Clears the mind, stimulates speech.
Indications: Mental disorders, epilepsy, deafness and mute, sudden hoarseness of voice, apoplexy, stiffness of the tongue and aphasia, occipital headache, neck rigidity.
GV 16: feng fu / Wind Mansion
Function: Eliminates wind, clears the mind, benefits the brain.
Function: Eliminates wind, benefits the brain, clears the mind.
Indications: Epilepsy, dizziness, pain and stiffness of the neck.
GV 18: qiang jian / Unyielding Space
Function: Calms the Liver and extinguishes wind, soothes the sinews and quickens the connecting vessel.
Indications: Headache, neck rigidity, blurring of vision, mania.
GV 19: hou ding / Behind the Vertex
Function: Calms the mind.
Indications: Headache, vertigo, epilepsy, mania.
GV 20: bai hui / Hundred Convergences
Function: Clears the mind, lifts the spirits, tonifies yang, strengthens the ascending function of the Spleen, eliminates interior wind, promotes resuscitation.
Indications: Headache, vertigo, tinnitus, nasal obstruction, aphasia by apoplexy, coma, mental disorders, prolapse of the rectum and the uterus.
GV 21: qian ding / Before the Vertex
Function: Extinguishes wind and relieves tetany, frees the connecting vessels and disperses swelling, stabilizes the spirit.
Indications: Epilepsy, dizziness, blurring of vision, vertical headache, rhinorrhea.
GV 22: xin hui / Fontanel Meeting
Function: Calms the Liver and extinguishes wind, opens the portals and settles fright.
Indications: Headache, blurring of vision, rhinorrhea, infantile convulsion.
Function: Discharges heat and opens the portals, returns yang and stems counterflow.
Indications: Loss of consciousness, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, rosacea.
GV 26: shui gou / Water Trough
Function: Promotes resuscitation, benefits the lumbar spine.
Indications: Mental disorders, epilepsy, hysteria, infantile convulsion, coma, deviation of the mouth, apoplexy-faint, trismus, puffiness of the face, pain and stiffness of the lower back.
GV 27: dui duan / Extremity of the Mouth
Function: Nourishes yin and clears heat, relieves pain and quiets the spirit.
Indications: Mental disorders, lip twitching, lip stiffness, pain and swelling of the gums.
GV 28: yin jiao / Gum Intersection
Function: Diffuses the Lung and frees the portals, clears heat and drains fire, brightens the eyes and relieves itching.
Indications: Mental disorders, pain and swelling of the gums, rhinorrhea.
