Name
風府
- Feng Fu
- Palace of Wind
- Workshop of Wind
Location
In the depression below the occipital tuberosity, at the level of GB-20. Approximately 1 CUN above the posterior hairline.
Nature
- Crossing point with Yang Linking Vessel and Yang Stepping Vessel
- Window of Heaven Point
- Four Seas Points Sea of Marrow
- One of the Ghost Points Gui Zhen 鬼枕 Phantom Pillow
Actions
- Most important point for interior and exterior Wind: headache, common cold, cervical pain, hemiplegia, epilepsy, tics, tremors: combined frequently with GB-20. See Interior Liver-Wind, Wind-Cold attacking Lung, Wind-Heat attacking Lung
- Window of Heaven point: headache, vertigo, allergic rhinitis, epistaxis, ear pain, eye pain.
- Central Nervous System disorders. Nourishes the Sea of Marrow, brain: + GV-20. Cerebral Vascular Accident.
- Psychological disorders: manic behavior, depression, suicidal thoughts, fear. See Comments
Comments
From this point the Governing Vessel channel emits a branch that penetrates the brain (at GV-20 also)
- Properties: Mania, Epilepsy, Incessant Speech with Inability to Rest, Incessant Pacing, Suicidal Desires, Sadness, Phobias, Fear with Palpitations. Feng Fu is the Gateway to the Brain; the Governing Vessel penetrates the brain from this point. Moreover the Governing Vessel passes through the Brain, so it is closely connected with the Shen.
- For treating indecision.
Treatment
- Needling: needling very deeply can stop respiration. 0.3 CUN perpendicular and slightly downward, in the direction of the chin.
- Do not moxabust.