Wind Pool
Fengchi · 風池 · เฟิงฉือ
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Location
In the occipital depression lateral to the caudal border of the nuchal crest, bilaterally.
Landmark: Depression between the cervical muscles and the nuchal crest.
Actions and Indications
Releases wind from the head, frees the neck, benefits the eyes.
Needling
Oblique toward the midline, 0.5-1.5 cm.
Cautions
Never directed into the skull base or vertebral canal.
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Conditions That Use This Point
Often Used Together With
Back Ravine 後溪
Opens the Governing Vessel, frees the neck and back, stops seizures.
An Shen (calm spirit) 安神
Calms the spirit and settles panic.
Wind Screen 翳風
Releases wind from the face and opens the ear orifice.
Hundred Convergences 百會
Raises yang, calms the spirit, opens the mind.
Hua Tuo Jia Ji (paravertebral) 華佗夾脊
Opens the channels along the spine; needled bracketing the affected level.
Middle of Person 人中
Restores consciousness immediately and stimulates respiration — the principal resuscitation point.