Governing Vessel Meridian
Acupuncture Chart

Symptoms of Energy Disruption:

GV28:

• Acute lumbar pain
• Bleeding hemorrhoids, hemorrhoid pain
• Swelling and pain of the gums
• Rhinorrhea
• Manic Psychosis

GV27:

• Manic Psychosis
• Swelling and pain of the gums, wry mouth

GV26:

• Syncope, heatstroke, coma, mental disorders, trismus
• Manic psychosis, epilepsy
• Acute lumbar pain
• Gastric pain, wry mouth, swelling of the face

GV25:

• Loss of consciousness, coma, asphyxia neonatorum
• Nasal congestion, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, rosacea
• Distention and pain in the eye, blurring of vision
• Heel pain

GV24:

• Insomnia, palpitations, epilepsy
• Headache, vertigo
• Rhinorrhea

GV23:

• Headache, eye pain
• Rhinorrhea, epistaxis
• Manic Psychosis
• Apoplexy, hemiplegia

GV22:

• Headache, vertigo
• Rhinorrhea
• Epilepsy
• Infantile Convulsion

GV21:

• Headache, vertigo
• Rhinorrhea
• Apoplexy, hemiplegia, epilepsy

GV20:

• Vertigo, dizziness
• Coma, apoplexy, hemiplegia, aphasia
• Prolapse of rectum, prolapse of uterus
• Manic psychosis, insomnia

GV19:

• Headache, vertigo
• Manic psychosis, epilepsy
• Apoplexy, hemiplegia

GV18:

• Headache, vertigo
• Manic psychosis, epilepsy
• Apoplexy, hemiplegia

GV17:

• Dizziness, neck rigidity
• Epilepsy

GV16:

• Post-apoplexy aphasia, hemiplegia, manic psychosis
• Neck pain and rigidity, vertigo, sore throat

GV15:

• Lack of vitality caused by emotional disturbance
• Deafness and mute
• Apoplexy, stiffness of the tongue and aphasia, sudden hoarseness of voice
• Occipital headache, neck rigidity
• Epistaxis

GV14:

• Febrile disease, malaria, hectic fever, and night sweats
• Aversion to cold, common cold, redness, swelling and pain of the eye, neck rigidity and pain
• Epilepsy
• Cough

GV13:

• Febrile disease, malaria
• Headache, stiffness of the back

GV12:

• Cough, asthma
• Epilepsy
• Back stiffness and pain

GV11:

• Palpitations, cardiac pain, insomnia, poor memory
• Coughing, choking
• Stiffness and pain of the back

GV10:

• Acute gastric pain
• Furuncles (aka boil - an infection of a hair follicle)
• Cough, asthma, stiffness and pain of the back

GV9:

• Acute gastric pain
• Jaundice
• Distention and pain in the chest and hypochondrium, cough, back pain

GV8:

• Epilepsy
• Stiffness of the back
• Gastric pain

GV7:

• Jaundice, hiccup, vomiting, distention of the abdomen
• Stiffness and pain of the lumbar region

GV6:

• Diarrhea
• Jaundice
• Hemorrhoids
• Epilepsy

GV5:

• Stiffness and pain of the lumbar
• Diarrhea, abdominal pain

GV4:

• Spermatorrhea, impotence
• Irregular menstruation, leukorrhea
• Diarrhea
• Stiffness and pain of the lumbar

GV3:

• Irregular menstruation, spermatorrhea, impotence
• Lumbosacral pain
• Pain, numbness and weakness of the lower extremities

GV2:

• Mania, epilepsy
• Hemorrhoids
• Stiffness and pain of the lumbar region
• Pain, numbness and weakness of the lower extremities
• Irregular menstruation

GV1:

• Diarrhea, blood in the stools, constipation, hemorrhoids, prolapse of the rectum
• Manic psychosis, epilepsy