ACUPUNCTURE
Shang Xing: TCM Acupoint Guide
SHANGXING
Name
Shang Xing (Shangxing)
Location
1 cun within the hairline on the midline of the head, 0.5 cun posterior to DU-24 Shenting. Note: if the anterior hairline is indistinct, locate the point 3 cun superior to the glabella and 3 cun anterior to DU-20 Baihui.
Needling
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and pain.
- Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun, or prick to cause bleeding.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Sun Si-miao Ghost point
Actions
- Clears the nose
- Brightens the eyes
- Clears Heat
- Disperses Wind-Heat
- Benefits the head and face
- Dispels swelling
- Calms the Shen
- Clears the nasal cavity
Indications
- Nasal blockage
- Sinusitis
- Rhinitis
- Nasal polyps
- Nasal carbuncles
- Epistaxis
- Frontal headache
- Loss of voice
- Keratitis
- Extra tissue in the nose
- Dizziness
- Nasal discharge
- Nasal obstruction with headache
- Inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul
- Clear nasal discharge
- Ceaseless bleeding from the nose and mouth
- Forehead neuralgia
- Headache due to Wind
- Ophthalmalgia
- Inflammation of the eyeball
- Nose blocked with inflammation of the turbinate bones
- Mental disorders
- Cannot see at a distance
- Facial Blood congestion
- Red face
- Anhidrosis in febrile disease
- Eye pain
- Redness of the inner canthus
- Myopia
- Sudden blindness
- Eye pain, redness and swelling
- Tearing due to Wind
- Facial edema and redness
- Fever without sweating
- Tidal fever
- Severe headache
- Sinus problems
- Seizures
- Shortsightedness
- Deficiency swelling of the face
- Swelling of the skin of the head
- Head Wind
- Malaria
- Mania-depression
- Epilepsy
- Wind and pain in the head which is swollen
- Rhinorrhea
- Coryza
- Intermittent fever
- Swollen scalp
- Veil before the eyes
- Allergic rhinitis
- Swelling of the vertex
- Vertigo
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| DU-25 Suliao, LI-20 Yingxiang | Epistaxis |
| LI-4 Hegu, LIV-3 Taichong | Rhinitis |
| DU-20 Baihui, LI-4 Hegu | Headache |
| GB-40 Qiuxu, ST-43 Xiangu | Tidal fevers |
| DU-20 Baihui, DU-22 Xinhui, UB-6 Chengguang | Obstruction of the nose with inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul |
| LI-20 Yingxiang, UB-5 Wuchu, LI-19 Kouheliao | Inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul |
| UB-9 Yuzhen, DU-20 Baihui, GB-15 Touling, Danyang (0.5 cun posterior to GB-15) | Nasal congestion |
| UB-7 Tongtian | Nasal obstruction and discharge |
| LI-19 Kouheliao | Nosebleed |
| LI-5 Yangxi, LI-2 Erjian, PC-7 Daling, LI-3 Sanjian, SI-2 Qiangu | Eye pain |
| ST-44 Neiting | Pain of the eyeball |
| GB-20 Fengchi, DU-17 Naohu, UB-9 Yuzhen, DU-16 Fengfu | Pain of the eyes with inability to see |
| DU-24 Shenting, KI-1 Yongquan, UB-45 Yixi, LU-10 Yuji, SP-2 Dadu | Visual dizziness |
| GB-20 Fengchi, UB-10 Tianzhu | Dizziness |
| DU-24 Shenting, DU-22 Xinhui | Head Wind and dizziness |
| DU-20 Baihui, GB-43 Xiaxi, DU-21 Qianding, SI-5 Yanggu, LI-4 Hegu, SJ-1 Guanchong, UB-60 Kunlun | Head Wind |
| DU-22 Xinhui, DU-21 Qianding, ST-43 Xiangu, SP-4 Gongsun | Sudden swelling of the face |
| DU-22 Xinhui, DU-21 Qianding, DU-17 Naohu, GB-20 Fengchi | Redness and swelling of the face |
Contraindications
Older books caution against using moxibustion on this point. This point is prohibited in infants with metopism.
Notes
It is said that excess moxibustion on this point will raise the Yang and lead to lack of clarity of vision.
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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