GV 15 Acupuncture Point - Ya Men - Governing Vessel Meridian

  • Chinese Name Ya Men
  • English Name Mute's Gate
     
  • Location: .5 cun above the midpoint of the PHL in a depression below the spinous process of C1.
     
  • Precautions: No Moxa, No Deep Needle.
     
  • Point Associations:
  • Window of the Sky Point
  • Sea of Qi Point (with CV 17, ST 9, GV 14)
  • Intersecting point of the Governing Vessel & Yang Wei Vessels
     
  • Actions & Effects:
  • Opens the orifices refers to the mouth, throat and tongue, for throat swelling, hoarseness, post-stroke speech disorders, important point for muteness due to tongue stiffness or vocal cord disorders.
  • Epilepsy, stroke, manic depression, loss of consciousness.
  • Occipital headaches, especially with neck stiffness, upper cervical pain and restricted neck rotation, heaviness of head - GV 15 lies over the space between C1 and C2, and can help release the suboccipital musculature which compresses the atlanto-occipital joint.
  • Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Used to stimulate the medulla and limbic system, useful for emotional issues.
     
  • Governing Vessel Meridian Points (28):
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

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