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DU-24

神庭

Shén Tíng

Shenting

Location · 定位

头部，前正中线上，前发际正中直上0.5寸

On the head, on the anterior midline, 0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline

Needling

平刺 0.3–0.5 寸

可灸

Special Categories

督脉与足太阳足阳明交会穴

Actions · 功效

calms the spirit and arouses the brain
clears the head and scatters wind
frees the nasal portals

Indications · 主治

头痛、眩晕、失眠headache, dizziness, insomnia
癫狂、癫痫mania, epilepsy
鼻渊、鼻衄sinusitis, epistaxis

Editor-reviewed· 2026-04-16

Footnotes · 引用

[1]Deadman, Manual of Acupuncture 2nd ed.

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@misc{bencaodian-shen-ting,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Shén Tíng 神庭 (Shenting) — DU-24},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/acupoints/shen-ting},
  urldate      = {2026-04-16},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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