GV-24 - Spirit Court
神庭 - Shén tíng
Point Region: Head
Location & How to Find
Anatomical Location: On the head, on the midline, 0.5 cun behind the front hairline. Where the hairline is unclear or has receded, it is 3.5 cun above the midpoint between the inner ends of the eyebrows.
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 the middle of your front hairline
- Move half a thumb-width back along the midline
- If your hairline has receded, measure four finger-widths plus half a thumb-width up from between the eyebrows instead
How to Apply Pressure
When you have found GV-24, use a soft fingertip touch rather than pressing firmly. Do not use it after head trauma or during an acute mental health crisis; stop if discomfort increases.
Traditional Indications
In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:
- Insomnia
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Mental disorders
- Anxiety
- Frontal headache
- Sinusitis
Related Health Concerns
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Important Precautions
Avoid this point with:
- Acute mental disorders
- Severe head trauma
Take care:
- Use very gentle pressure
- Avoid during acute anxiety episodes
- Monitor for increased mental symptoms