DU-20 Baihui - One Hundred Meetings
More Spirit Names: Hundred Convergences, Mountain Top, Celestial Fullness
| English: | Hundred Meetings |
| Also Known As: | Hundred Convergences |
Location
- On the midline of the head, halfway between the frontal hairline and the vertex of the external occipital protuberance.
- At the intersection of the median line at the vertex of the head with a line drawn from the tip of one ear to the other.
- On the midline of the head, 5 cun above the midpoint of the anterior hairline, approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting the apexes of both ears.
- At the vertex on the midline, in the depression 5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline and 7 cun superior to the posterior hairline. This point may also be measured as 8 cun posterior to the glabella and 6 cun superior to the external occipital protuberance.
- At the vertex of the head, in a depression in the midline of the cranium on the line which joins the tip of one ear to the other. This point is 7 cun above the posterior hairline and 5 cun above the anterior hairline.
Needling
- Transverse insertion either front to back or left to right, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and pain.
- Caution: extreme care should be taken when using the point on infants, whose fontanels have not completely closed or patients with hydrocephalus.
- Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 inch.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Sea of Marrow point
- Intersecting point of the Bladder channel with the DU channel
- Meeting point of all the Yang channels
- Meeting point of the Bladder, Gall Bladder, San Jiao and Liver channels
Actions
- Benefits the brain
- Benefits the sense organs
- Nourishes the Sea of Marrow
- Clears the brain
- Calms the Shen
- Revives consciousness
- Spreads Liver Qi
- Subdues Liver Yang
- Extinguishes Liver Wind
- Subdues Yang
- Raises Yang
- Dispels Wind
- Tonifies Yang
- Warms the Yang
- Restores collapsed Yang
- Stabilizes ascending Yang
- Stabilizes the lower orifices
- Counters prolapse
- Regulates Qi
- Tonifies Qi
- Calms the fetus
- Lifts the Spirit
- Strengthens the ascending function of the Spleen
- Promotes resuscitation
- Stabilizes the ascending Yang
Indications
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Combinations
Promotes resuscitation Shock | Type B infectious encephalitis | Headache |
DU-1 Or | DU-22 Or GB-21 | |
Anal prolapse | Uterine prolapse | Somnolence |
Fright palpitations | Agitation of the Heart | Mania |
DU-26 | Or GB-43 | |
Tendency to excessive crying | Wind epilepsy Upward staring eyes | Head Wind |
DU-21 | ||
One-sided or generalized head Wind | Pain in the head and eyes | Pain in the head and nape |
SI-19 | ||
Lockjaw following Windstroke | Most types of acute throat pain (needle DU-20 Baihui first) | Tinnitus |
UB-9 | REN-15 | |
Obstruction of the nose with inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul | Nasal congestion | Dysenteric disorder Rectal prolapse in children (moxa DU-20 Baihui first) |
UB-25 Or | ||
Rectal prolapse in children | Rectal prolapse | Rectal prolapse with hemorrhoids |
Contraindications
- Do not use moxa if the patient suffers from high Blood pressure.
Notes
- This point can tonify when a person is fragmented but not acute.
- This point is considered to be the upper Dan Tian.
- This point may be bled to treat severe Excess conditions.
- It may be treated with moxibustion for Deficiency conditions.
- It calms and relaxes.
- DU-20 raises Spleen Yang in patterns of Deficiency Above and Excess Below.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | One Hundred Meetings is the highest point on the head, where the hundred spirits meet. Wood's essence is in it: perspective on what life means, for the individual and for humankind, and on what the right way is. It carries the person on to another level of being and understanding. It truly draws things together; the ancestors who hold wisdom and knowledge must be reached, and you can embody the wisdom and essence of the point. It gives a vantage point far and wide, an awareness of life that puts everything in its place, and gathers all the Officials together when there is chaos. The ancestors gathered here have seen the pattern and the cycle before, and they put the person in touch with the elders' inner wisdom; whatever the problem, however horrendous, it can be made better. It summons all of a person's spiritual resources to restore Heaven's order to their inner kingdom. In myth a sage-king convened the hundred spirits on a mountaintop and brought spiritual unity to ancient China, beheading the rebellious lord who opposed the wind and would have broken the ritual; so this point, where the hundred spirits meet on the mountaintop of the head, clears wind and chaos. It aligns us with the polestar, honored by every lesser star. |
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| Worsley |
Location: On the midline of the head, 7 ACI above DU-15. |
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From Class
- LI-4, Du-20, LU-7 for the family: Points to help family members let go. (Lewis)
- HT-7, PC-6, Yintang, Du-20 (Sishencong), BL-47: Gently settle agitation during the dying process without forcing consciousness into any particular state. (Lewis)
- KI-1 to Du-20 (eros): Eros = creative upward thrust from KI-1 to Du-20 along the left (sheng) side of the cycle; the hun as creative visioning spirit.
- GB-20, Yintang, GB-8, Du-20: GB-20 best for wind and a doorway to the brain; Yintang resonates with hun; combine GB-8, GB-20, Du-20 geometrically to summon the hun. (Shea)
- Du-16 Fengfu & Du-20 Baihui — memory/PTSD: Du-16 coordinates memory, getting experiences out of the brain (PTSD); add Du-20 when thoughts are disorganized; work the portals. (Gioioso)
- Du-20 + Ren-12 + KI-1 (acclimating to dry weather): 'Three treasures' variant (Du-20, Ren-12, KI-1) helps acclimate to dry climates so the body hydrates better; add LU-1 and LV-13 for external pathways. (Yuen)
- Du-20 + ST-36 moxa (community protocol): A colleague taught a community group to moxa Du-20 and ST-36 weekly for developmentally delayed children; all improved. (Resnick)
- Du-20 Baihui: Hundred Meetings, the peak where heaven and earth unite; divergent point of the San Jiao; where the individual mind opens to the Dao. (Lewis)
- Du-20 Baihui (Crown Gate): Heavenly threads are released here at death; in near-death experiences yang ascends but doesn't exit Du-20, so life's tie remains (teacher's interpretation). (Lewis)
- Du-20 Baihui / Sishencong: Most resonant with the hun as ethereal messenger; Du-20 also resolves wind. (Shea)
- Du-20 Baihui vs Du-16 Fengfu: Ling Shu 33: sea of marrow — Du-20 brings yang up (prolapse, memory, resuscitation); Du-16 brings yang down (wind, BP, seizures, nosebleeds). (Yuen)
- Du-20 Baihui with Sishencong: Baihui in the center and the four surrounding Sishencong points, where heaven and earth meet through the body's vertical channel. (Lewis)
- Du-20, Ren-4, KI-7: Boost Kidney qi (very quiet Kidney pulses). (Fuggman)
- Add-ons: Du-20, GB-21, HT-7 + BL-40: Scalloped tongue/deficient pulse: add Du-20; wiry liver/GB pulse: GB-21; heart fire: HT-7 with BL-40 (a Ma Danyang heavenly star point). (Alexander)
- Core anxiety points: HT-7, LV-3, PC-6, Ren-17 + Du-20, Yintang: HT-7, LV-3, PC-6, Ren-17 for anxiety, plus the brain, 'house of the original shen': Du-20 and Yintang (skip Yintang face-down). (Piao)
- Exit points of the spirits: Du-20, Du-1, Jingming: Shen leaves through Du-20, po through the anus (Du-1, once Po Men), hun through the eyes (BL-1) or mouth — areas to anoint before burial. (Yuen)
- Four Gates / Five Gates (Laogong, Yongquan, Baihui): 'Four gates' are palm and sole centers (PC-8, KI-1), 'five gates' add Du-20 — where life force can escape; seal them in meditation after purifying. (Johnson)
- Horizontal 'chakra' levels: ankles, knees, hips/groin, Ren-1, Ren-8, Ren-12, Ren-15, Ren-17, Ren-22, Yintang, Du-20: Levels where repression shows as tightness/symptoms; treat with Ren and Du points at that level plus Chong (KI/ST channel) points, and inner/outer bladder line points.
- Maternal taxation: ST-36, Du-20, KI-16, Tituo: Extreme fatigue: ST-36, Du-20, KI-16 and Tituo lift and hold; Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang idea, but Sheng Ma and Chai Hu can over-dry yin-deficient patients. (Lewis)
- Pre-Ge Hong revival points: Du-20, Du-15, Ren-12, Ren-3, LI-19: For death-like inversion: Du-20 and Du-15 (scalp yang), Ren-12 and Ren-3 (yin), plus LI-19 to start breathing again. (Yuen)
- Urinary issues/fetal drop: BL-23, Du-4, BL-63, KI-3, KI-7, Du-20; damp-heat: BL-22, BL-28, BL-32, BL-53, BL-63, SP-9: Kidney weakness: Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan with these points; Spleen sinking: Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang, BL-20, Du-20, ST-36, BL-28; damp-heat: Zi Shen Tang. (Lewis)
- Wind-draining points: Du-16, Du-19, Du-20, GB-37, GB-20, GB-21: Draining liver wind too fast causes dizziness (re-triggering content); marijuana disinhibits the liver too quickly (red eyes, dry mouth, then paranoia).
- Dai Mai for diabetes: Opening the Dai reduces visceral fat and accesses the pancreas (LV-13, GB-26–28); Li Shizhen: moxa Ren-6, then GB-26, and Du-20 to raise yang. (Rabinowitz)
- Du Mai and the brain/HPA axis: Du-16 to Du-17 for the hypothalamus–pituitary axis (Yintang can be added); Du-20 and Yintang for the pineal; Du-4 for the adrenals. (Rabinowitz)
- Original Chong / Taiji pole (Du-20 to Ren-1): The Daoist inner vertical axis from Du-20 to Ren-1 is the original Chong, where the mandate of heaven is communicated and Yi, Zhi and Shen align. (Lewis)
- San Jiao divergent: The San Jiao divergent begins at Du-20, goes to SJ-16 Tianyou, down to ST-12, spreading into the chest and three burners and communicating with the Pericardium. (Yuen)
- San Jiao — great communicator; divergent at the crown: The San Jiao has no structure, only function like the Dao; it coordinates relationship and movement through the whole body. Its divergent channel reaches the crown (Du-20). (Lewis)
- Double-terminated quartz image in the central channel: Visualize the fused three dantians as a double-terminated quartz from Huiyin to Baihui, linking Soul Star–Pole Star and Earth Star. (Johnson)
- Jade (Yu) in burial: Stone of completion/eternity: noble burials placed jade in the mouth, rectum, and on Baihui or Yintang under a cap — the three openings where the spirit escapes. (Yuen)
- 13 Ghost Points as four trinities (at/after death): Four trinities moxa'd or touched after death to free what is bound: Du-20, LU-11, SP-1; PC-7, BL-62, Du-16; ST-6, Ren-24, PC-8; Du-23, Ren-1, LI-11; plus Yintang. (Lewis)
- Anointing the Seven Stars of the Great Dipper: Anoint seven levels of the central axis from Ren-1/Du-1 up to Du-20 so the spirits ascend through the crown; front Ren points can substitute for back Du points. (Lewis)
- Nine Peaks treatment: Builds on the Seven Heavenly Star Prayer: add GB-30 and GB-34 to strengthen yang, or LU-7 and HT-5 to nourish yin and soften the heart; ends at Du-20. (Lewis)
- Postnatal depression — Heart-Blood deficiency points: HT-5, HT-7, Ren-14, Ren-15, BL-15, LV-8, Du-20, Ren-4, ST-36, SP-6, Du-19, PC-6; reinforcing (Du-19 even); moxa applicable. (Maciocia)