Fengchi point: Mingmu Xingnao point
Fengchi point is an acupuncture point of human body, also called hot compress point. It is parallel to the earlobes on both sides of the big tendon behind the head and forehead, and its meridian belongs to the gallbladder meridian of foot shaoyang. Its acupoint meaning means that the qi and blood of the gallbladder meridian will be transformed into yang-heat qi after absorbing heat here.
The wind pool was first seen in the article Lingshu Fever. The article "Talking about the Naming of Acupoints" said: "Wind is a yang evil, which is light in nature and can reach its head. Among those with hairline behind the temporal bone, the wind pool is full of yang and yang, which is mainly responsible for apoplexy and headache caused by yang, so it is the place where wind evil accumulates, hence the name.
Acupoint anatomy of Fengchi point;
Below Fengchi point are the skin, subcutaneous tissue, nuchal fascia, head muscle, head semi-spinous muscle, rectus major behind head and oblique muscle above head. The skin is distributed by occipital nerve of cervical plexus. The fascia of the back of the neck surrounds the superficial and deep muscles of the back of the neck. The needle penetrates into the superficial layer of nuchal fascia from skin and subcutaneous tissue, into the superficial head muscle between sternocleidomastoid muscle and trapezius muscle, and then into the deep-seated long head muscle and semi-spinous head muscle of erector spinae.
The nuchal muscle is innervated by the posterior branch of the cervical nerve. The posterior branch of the second cervical nerve can be divided into medial branch and lateral branch. The lateral branch participates in innervating the nuchal muscle, and the medial branch is the cutaneous branch, which is called the greater occipital nerve. The nerve, accompanied by occipital artery and vein, goes up in the deep surface of the nuchal fascia, about at the level of the nuchal line, passes through the attachment point of trapezius muscle and the superficial layer of the nuchal fascia, and branches to the skin at the back of the skull.
Selection method of Fengchi point:
The human Fengchi point is located in the neck, under the occipital bone, flush with Fengfu point, and the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of trapezius muscle.
Under the occipital bone, the depression between the upper outer edge of trapezius muscle and the upper posterior edge of sternocleidomastoid muscle. The midpoint of the line between Fengfu and Yifeng, or the midpoint of the line between the mastoid tip (lower end) of the temporal bone and the spinous process of the second cervical vertebra.
Indications of Fengchi point:
Headache, top-heavy, eye fatigue, neck pain, stiff neck, insomnia, hangover. Vertigo, stiff neck pain, red eyes pain, tears, sinusitis, rhinitis, nosebleeds, deafness, air tightness, stroke, hypertension, psychosis, mouth and eye deviation, malaria, fever, cold, burping, stiff neck and urticaria.
Significance of Fengchi point: Qi and blood of gallbladder meridian absorb heat here, and then convert it into Yang qi.
Characteristics of qi and blood: qi and blood substance is yang-heat qi with heat expansion and dispersion.
Operating rules: gallbladder meridian is transported to all parts of the head, and impotence pulse is taken.
What should I do if the wind pool point hurts?
It may be the pain caused by cold and dampness. This situation must be sheltered from the wind, cold and water, which can be adjusted by moxibustion, acupuncture or hot compress. The effect of light acupuncture at Fengchi point is not very good. You can choose several targeted acupoints in the local area together with the lack of acupoints, and you must pay attention to avoiding cold. In addition, the pain of Fengchi point may also be dislocation of cervical vertebra, so a professional doctor must be invited to make diagnosis and calibration if necessary.