GB-18 - Support Spirit
承灵 - Chéng líng
Point Region: Head
Location & How to Find
Anatomical Location: On the head, 4 cun behind the front hairline, directly above the centre of the pupil. It lies 1.5 cun behind GB-17, level with BL-7.
Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.
How to Locate:
- Find GB-17, two and a half thumb-widths behind the hairline above the pupil
- Move two finger-widths further back
- The point is there
How to Apply Pressure
Stay on the line above your pupil and move two finger-widths back from GB-17. Apply gentle, steady pressure there with a fingertip. Keep it comfortable: firm but never painful, and never deep or unrelenting. Stop if it hurts. Avoid this point if you have severe neurological conditions, acute psychiatric episodes, head trauma.
Traditional Indications
In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Anxiety
- Mental fog
- Poor concentration
- Emotional instability
- Agitation
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Important Precautions
Avoid this point with:
- Severe neurological conditions
- Acute psychiatric episodes
- Head trauma
Take care:
- Apply gentle pressure only
- Avoid during severe headaches
- Monitor for neurological changes
- Discontinue if dizziness increases