EXPERIENCE OF CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BAIHUI(GV 20) POINT

AnothernameofBaihuipointisSanyang-wuhui.ItislocatedonthesitewherethethreeYangMeridiansofHandandFoot,theDumaiandthe-JueyinMeridiansofFootconverge.AlsoBaihuiisapointontheDumai,whichistheseaofYangMeridians.ThereforeBaihuipointcantreatmanydiseases.Theauthorshavetreatedsomedifficu1tandcomplicatedmiscellaneousdis-easesoftenmainlyusingBaihuipointcombinedwithotherpoints,achievingbettertherapeuticeffects.EXAMPLESOFCASES1.EpilepsyMs.Wang,female,a22-years-oldworker,visitedfirstonJuly4th,199…

EXPERIENCE OF CLINICAL APPLICATION OF BAIHUI(GV 20) POINT

Baihui (GV 20) point can treat many diseases, especially, Qi deficiency and Yang insufficiency in chronic, consumptive and intractable diseases, most achieving good therapeutic effects.The authors have treated epilepsy, deafness, blepharoptosis, etc. difficult and complicated miscellaneousdiseases mainly using Baihui point combined with other adjuvant points, attaining better results. Intreatment of epilepsy with Baihui point, reinforcing method was used at the resting stage, strengthening the body resistance to consolidate the constitution, promoting Yang function and removing obstruction of the Dumai, and the reducing method was used at the stage of attack, relieving convulsion andspasm, and inducing resuscitation for treating both the principal and the secondary aspects of the disease at the same time. In acupuncture treatment of deafness with reinforcing method, regulating Qi toreach the ear, supplementing Qi and replenishing essence, nourishing the orifices and improving thefaculty of hearing. As treatment of blepharoptosis with Baihui point, it has the function of supplementing Qi to sending up. Both reinforcing and reducing methods can be used for acupuncture at Baihuipoint, but reinforcing method is more used. The authors often use needle inserting method by pinchingthe skin, with twirling manipulation, and experiencing the needling sensation by the right hand, so thatQi can rapidly reach the diseased part.