Baihui point is located on the top of the head, the head is the intersection of all yang and all meridians, and Baihui point is the gathering place of all meridians and qi and blood. This point can be used for acupuncture, tonifying and purgation, and its efficacy can be increased or decreased, static and movable. It can reach the upper and lower yin and yang, penetrate the meridians of the whole body, and play a very important role in regulating the balance of yin and yang in the body. Moxibustion at Baihui point, for example, has the effects of invigorating yang, benefiting qi and resolving hard mass, and is mostly used for diseases of organ prolapse and subsidence, such as proctoptosis, uterine prolapse, gastroptosis, chronic diarrhea, hernia, chronic diarrhea, nocturnal emission and enuresis. And most of them are combined with Guan Yuan and Qi Hai.
Ling Shu Wei Qi said: "Qi in the head stops at the brain", that is, the meridians from qi to the head (hands and feet) are connected with the brain. According to the theory of "Four Seas", "Brain is the marrow sea" and "Shen Yuan's home", it has a good therapeutic effect on headache, dizziness, stroke, epilepsy, hysteria, insomnia, amnesia and other diseases caused by Shen Yuan deficiency and dystrophy in the marrow sea, and it is a commonly used main point and key point in clinic.
Wind is fickle and weak, and wind disease is mostly manifested as head symptoms. Baihui point is an important point for expelling wind, which can be used to treat various wind syndromes, such as exogenous wind-cold headache, urticaria, cold and so on.
Acupoint location: 5 inches above the midline of the front hairline.
Acupoint selection method:
1, at the depression of 1 inch in front of the midpoint of the hairline before and after connection.
2. Fold the ear, the midpoint of the upward line between the two ear tips (the intersection of the head midline and the line between the two ear tips).
Operation method:
Moxibustion: mild moxibustion with moxa sticks (keep the burning end of moxa sticks at a distance of about one inch from the skin where moxibustion is applied, so that patients feel warm without burning pain). ), once every other day, each time 10- 15 minutes, with warm temperature as the degree, to achieve internal heat penetration. Moxibustion at Baihui point can raise yang to relieve depression, replenish qi to relieve fatigue, nourish pulse and strengthen body.
Massage method: Press Baihui point with thumb and finger pulp until local fever occurs, for 3-5 minutes each time.
Knocking method: Knock Baihui point with hollow palm, each time 100 times.
"Three yang and five meetings, five for words and a hundred words" means that a hundred pulses will meet here. Baimaihui is the master of all diseases, so Baihui point has many treatment methods for diseases and is one of the commonly used acupuncture points in clinic. If you have time on weekdays, you might as well massage more.