Bai Hui 百會 Hundred Convergences
This is an acupressure point on the Du Mai or what we translate as the Governing Vessel. It is classified in TCM as the Point of the Sea Of Marrow, Meeting Point of the Governing Vessel with the Bladder, Gallbladder, Sanjiao and Liver Channels. Given that so many of the channels responsible to maintain or upright Qi (Yang Qi), reaching right from the tip of our toes, up to our head, one of the primary actions of this point is to Raise Yang Qi when our internal fire and energy has been depleted.
Further TCM actions include:
- Pacifies wind and subdues yang
- Raises yang and counters prolapse
- Benefits the head and sense organs
- Nourishes the sea of marrow
- Benefits the brain and calms the spirit
In relative terms, this point can be used for signs and symptoms including: headache, vertigo, tinnitus, nasal obstruction, aphasia by apoplexy, coma, mental disorders, prolapse of the rectum and the uterus.
Location: On the midline of the head, 5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline, approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting the apexes of both ears.
