GV-20 - Hundred Meetings

百会 - Bǎi huì

Point Region: Head

GV

Governing Vessel

督脉 - Dū mài

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the top of the head, on the midline, 5 cun behind the front hairline. It is in the hollow 1 cun in front of the midpoint between the front and back hairlines.

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:

  1. Fold both ears forward
  2. Imagine a line over the top of your head joining the tips of the two ears
  3. The point is where this line crosses the midline of the head
GV-20 (Hundred Meetings) acupressure point location: On the top of the head, on the midline, 5 cun behind the front hairline.

How to Apply Pressure

Find the top of the head on the midline and press gently with a fingertip into the small hollow there. Light pressure is enough; stop if you feel dizzy. Skip it after a head injury.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Poor memory
  • Depression
  • Insomnia
  • Anxiety
  • Mental fatigue
  • Concentration problems

Related Health Concerns

Feeling FaintHeadacheCrampsTension HeadacheHair LossHigh Blood PressureInsomniaHot FlashesLow Mood and Depression

Select a point to see its location, how to find it, and its traditional uses.

Traditionally combined with:

GV-20 + GV-24
Spirit Court
GV-20 + GB-39
Suspended Bell

Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Severe hypertension
  • Acute psychiatric episodes
  • Recent head trauma

Take care:

  • Avoid excessive stimulation
  • Use gentle pressure only
  • May cause temporary dizziness in sensitive individuals