NAME
FENGFU
LOCATION
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.
NEEDLING
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.
COMMAND FUNCTIONS
Sea of Marrow point
Meeting point of the Yangwei channel
Sun Si-miao Ghost point
Window of Heaven point
ACTIONS
Eliminates Wind
Nourishes the Sea of Marrow
Benefits the head and neck
Calms the Shen
INDICATIONS
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 *******
Difficulty breathing
Heat in the chest
Classless vomiting
COMBINATIONS
| 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 ******* |
| SI-5 Yanggu | DU-2 Yaoshu | |
| Mad walking | Numbness of the legs |
CONTRAINDICATIONS
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.
NOTES
This point is important for treating both Exterior and Interior Wind.