Baihui (GV20)

Hundred meetings — vertex press

Baihui is the Du-channel vertex point used here as the opening, quieting press of the circuit. Its crown coordinate is a front-view projection of the vertex, and the modern sequence should not be read as a classical prescription for every person.

Baihui (GV20)Baihui (GV20)Yintang (EX-HN3)Fengchi (GB20) — anatomical rightFengchi (GB20) — anatomical leftJianjing (GB21) — anatomical rightJianjing (GB21) — anatomical leftDanzhong (CV17)Zhongwan (CV12)Tianshu (ST25) — anatomical rightTianshu (ST25) — anatomical leftGuanyuan (CV4)Zusanli (ST36) — anatomical rightZusanli (ST36) — anatomical leftTaichong (LR3) — bilateral pairYongquan (KI1) — anatomical rightYongquan (KI1) — anatomical left

Point 1 of 16 in Anmo-Tuina Acupressure — self-massage circuit

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Huangdi Neijing · Lingshu (primary_canonical)

Lingshu ch. 10 (Jing mai) gives the Du Mai vertex course that frames Baihui (GV20); the modern alphanumeric point identity and this self-massage sequence are later standardizations.

Claude Diolosa, TCM tuina teaching texts (secondary)

WHO Scientific Group, International Standard Acupuncture Nomenclature (secondary)

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