Baihui (DU 20)

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Location of Baihui

Baihui is located at the top of the skull. It lies slightly behind the highest point of the head, on the interparietal suture.
Take the line joining the tips of the 2 ears and look for a depression in the middle of this line (it is the most tender depression on the skull).

Link with the Liver meridian, as it is the end of the Liver meridian.

Therapeutic functions and clinical indications of Baihui

• Baihui calms Wind;
• It can lower or raise Yang ;
• It can regulate the Shen (awaken or calm it);
• Vertex headaches (Jueyin).

Contraindicated in children whose fontanelle has not yet closed.