ACUPUNCTURE
Qian Ding: TCM Acupoint Guide
QIANDING
Name
Qian Ding (Qianding)
Location
At the top of the head on the midline, 1.5 cun directly anterior to DU-20 Baihui and 3.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline.
Needling
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Caution: this point should not be needled in infants whose fontanelle has not closed.
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Transverse insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Eliminates wind
- Treats convulsions
- Benefits the head
Indications
- Epilepsy
- Dizziness
- Blurred vision
- Vertical headache
- Rhinorrhea
- Head wind
- Visual dizziness
- Wind epilepsy
- Childhood fright epilepsy
- Acute and chronic childhood fright wind
- Clonic spasm
- Headache
- Vertigo
- Rhinitis
- Rhinopolypus
- Infantile convulsions
- Pain and swelling of the vertex
- Swelling and redness of the face
- Edema
- Aversion to wind-cold
- Copious, clear nasal discharge
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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