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GV-24 Shenting (神庭) — Spirit Court
Depth
00.5–1 cun3.0
Transverse insertion
Precautions
No standard precautions.
Location (classical)
On the head, on the midline, 0.5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline.
Anatomy
Frontalis muscle. Innervated by the frontal nerve.
Needling
Transverse (subcutaneous) insertion, 0.5–1.0 cun.
Etymology
Shen (神), mind; Ting (庭), court or vestibule. "The brain is the mansion of the primordial mind." The point is located on the forehead, like a vestibule of the brain.
CLASSICAL SOURCEJia Yi Jing
Clinical Relations
Adjacent Points on the Meridian