GV18 Qiangjian (Unyielding Space)

Location

4 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline 1.5 thumb widths directly above the GV17.

Indications

Conditions for which GV18 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

TCM actions

What classical sources say GV18 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Protocols using GV18

• Anxiety, Depression, Dystonia Cervical, Tremor Neck, Spasm Sternocleidomastoid – BL10, GB20, GV08, GV14, GV15, GV18, GV20, MS14 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v12.i1.204 ↗)
• Insomnia – GB15, GV18, GV24 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2008.03.010 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Headache Cervicogenic – BL10, GB19, GB20, GV16, GV18, GV20 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2016.01.008 ↗)
• Anxiety, Depression, Dystonia Cervical, Dystonia – BL10, GB20, GV08, GV14, GV15, GV18, GV20, MS14 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v12.i1.204 ↗)
• Stroke Ischemic Acute – LI04, LI11, ST36, GB20, GV14, GV18, GV20, GV24, GV26, XH03 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.05.001 ↗)
• Insomnia – GB15, GV18, GV24, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Cognitive Impairment Post-stroke – BL05, BL06, BL07, BL08, GV18, GV19, GV20, GV21, GV22, GV24 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Insomnia – GB20, GV14, GV16, GV18, GV20, XH01A, XH01B, XH01C, XH01D, XH14, XH16 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20200325-0006 ↗)

Most often selected alongside GV18

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GV18. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• GV20100 Convergences6 protocols
• GB20Wind Pool5 protocols
• GV14Great Vertebra4 protocols
• GV24Spirit Court4 protocols
• BL10Celestial Pillar3 protocols
• GB15Head Governor Of Tears2 protocols
• GV08Sinew Contraction2 protocols
• GV15Gate Of Muteness2 protocols
• GV16Wind Mansion2 protocols
• MS14Lower-Lateral Line of Occiput2 protocols
• XH01AFour Spirit Brightness2 protocols
• XH01BFour Spirit Brightness2 protocols

Other points on the Governing Vessel