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.