十三鬼穴 Shi San Gui Xue 13 Ghost Points

(or Gui Men Shi San Zhen Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles)

The 13 Ghost Points(Shi San Gui Xue) A specialized set of thirteen acupuncture points developed to treat severe mental, emotional, and neurological disorders. Originally designed to address conditions ancient Chinese attributed to spirit possession, they are now used for psychiatric disorders, addiction, trauma, and emotional disturbances. https://www.runeacupuncture.com/the-journal/the-ghost-points-in-acupuncture

“They offer the opportunity to release your real or figurative ghosts: whatever has an overpowering hold on you, preventing you from connecting to your truth and essence. ”

— Dr. Lauren Dyer

“Sun attributed this knowledge to the legendary physician Bian Que, suggesting origins possibly dating to 500 BCE. The earliest documented ghost point treatment describes Bian Que reviving a convulsing patient by needling Gui Gong (Ghost Palace).”

The 13 Ghost Points come from an ancient and esoteric practice in Classical Chinese Medicine and are a now famous set of acupuncture points compiled by the Tang Dynasty physician and Daoist practitioner Sun Simiao and six of his colleagues in his 7th-century text Qianjin Yaofang ("Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold Coins")(618-907 AD)

Conditions including dyslexia, ADHD, mania, depression, ASD. Bipolar, Psychosis, BPD, Paranoia, addiction, seizures, paralysis, lockjaw, headaches, and even nightmares were blamed on the invasion of ghosts or Gui (鬼).

Today “the "ghosts" these points address are reinterpreted as pathological phlegm misting the Heart-Mind (心 xīn), blocking the orifices of consciousness and causing mental confusion, emotional disturbance, and aberrant behavior. The points work by clearing heat, dispelling phlegm, calming the spirit (Shen), and restoring mental clarity. They are organized into Four Trinities plus one additional point, representing progressive stages of psychological decline.”

“Later texts including "Zhen Jiu Da Quan" (针灸大全, Ming Dynasty) and "Zhen Jiu Da Cheng" (针灸大成, 1601) preserved and systematized these points into the "Song of the Thirteen Ghost Points" (孙真人针十三鬼穴歌), facilitating their transmission through generations.”