[Exploration on professor WU Zhongchao's theory of occiput-nape function zone]

Professor WU Zhongchao thinks that the occiput-nape region is the important pivot between the head and the trunk and is the extension of the function zone of the back-shu points. This zone is named as the occiput-nape function zone. The position includes the occipital area from Baihui (GV 20) to the margo inferior of occipital bone and the muchal region between the margo inferiors of the spinous process C₁ to C₇. In the paper, the occiput-nape function zone is verified in terms of the distribution characteristics of meridians and acupoints at the occiput-nape region, the anatomic feature, modern research and clinical application so that a new approach to clinical practice is provided.