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DU 15 (GV 15)

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DU 15 (GV 15)

Pinyin Name & English Translation
Yamen, Mute's Gate

Location
0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline, in the depression below the spinous process of the first cervical vertebrae.

Indications
Mental disorders, epilepsy, deafness and mute, sudden hoarseness of voice, apoplexy, stiffness of the tongue and aphasia, occipital headache, neck rigidity.

Traditional Action
Clears the mind, stimulates speech.

Contraindications


References:

Maciocia, Giovanni.  The Foundations of Chinese Medicine. London: Churchill Livingstone, 1989

O’Connor, John and Bensky, Dan, trans. Acupuncture, A Comprehensive Text. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1981

Xinnong, Cheng, et al. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion.  Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1987.



Acupuncture Points beginning with "D"

DU 01 (GV 1) DU 02 (GV 2) DU 03 (GV 3) DU 04 (GV 4) DU 05 (GV 5) DU 06 (GV 6) DU 07 (GV 7) DU 08 (GV 8) DU 09 (GV 9) DU 10 (GV 10) DU 11 (GV 11) DU 12 (GV 12) DU 13 (GV 13) DU 14 (GV 14) DU 15 (GV 15) DU 15 (GV 15) DU 16 (GV 16) DU 17 (GV 17) DU 18 (GV 18) DU 19 (GV 19) DU 20 (GV 20) DU 21 (GV 21) DU 22 (GV 22) DU 23 (GV 23) DU 24 (GV 24) DU 25 (GV 25) DU 26 (GV 26) DU 27 (GV 27) DU 28 (GV 28) Dabao Dadu Dadun Dahcangshu Dahe Daheng Daimai Daju Daling Dannangxue Danshu Dark Gate Dashui Daying Dazhong Dazhu Declining Connection Deviating Turn Deviation from Hanging Skull (Suspended Minute) Diaphragm's Hollow Diaphragm's Pass Dicang Dihi Dingchuan Dispersing Riverbed Dispersing Stream (Ravine Divide) Diwuhui Door of the Corporeal Soul (Po) Door of the Etheral Soul (Hun) Dubi Duiduan Dushu Dyspnea Stabilizer

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