Benshen GB13 : Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications

Nomenclatutre:

Ben: essential Shen: mind
Benshen is lateral to Shenting along the anterior hairline. Inside the point, the brain is
Point: GB13
Chinese Name: 本神
Name: Benshen
English Name/Meaning: Root of the Spirit
Pinyin: běn shén
Han Geul 한글: bon sin 본신
Romaji: hon jin
Vietnamese: Bản thần

Location:

0.5 cun within anterior hairline, 3 cun lateral to midline; two 3rd the distance between Du 24 and ST 8.

Functions:

• Quiets the spirit.
• Calms the liver and extinguishes wind.
• Resolves the phlegm.
• Gathers essence to the head.

Indications:

• Disorders along Gallbladder channel: stiff neck, hypochondriac pain.
• Mental disorders: Anxiety, Anxiety due to worry and obsessive thoughts, manic behavior, fear, dual personality, irritability, epilepsy, infantile convulsion, stroke, insomnia.
• Local disorders: Headache, blurred vision, vertigo.
• Lack of memory, lack of willpower.

Method:

Transverse insertion 0.5-1.5 cun.

Remarks:

• Meeting point of yangwei and gall bladder.
• Tendino-musculo point.