ACUPUNCTURE
Si Shen Cong: TCM Acupoint Guide
SISHENCONG
Name
Si Shen Cong (Sishencong)
Location
A group of four points at the vertex, 1 cun respectively posterior, anterior and lateral to DU-20 Baihui.
Needling
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Transverse insertion, 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Subdues interior wind
- Calms the shen
- Benefits the eyes and ears
Indications
- Headache
- Vertigo
- Insomnia
- Poor memory
- Epilepsy
- One-sided headache
- Generalized headache
- Disorders of the eyes
- Swollen sensation at the vertex
- Neurasthenia
- Seizures
- Windstroke
- Mania-depression
- Dizziness
- Deafness
Notes
The points are either needled as a group or through-needled from DU-20 Baihui.
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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