LOCATION: Below the spinous processes of T3.
IMAGE: A reference to the point's location on the "pillar" of the "body," the spine, and to its role in
strengthening the back.
FUNCTIONS: Lowers Fever
Clears Heat
Calms the Heart & Spirit
Tonifies the Lungs
Clears the Ying Dispels Wind & Wind Heat, Expands & Relaxes the Chest, Regulates & Spreads
Lung Qi, Sedates Rebellious Qi & Cough *
INDICATIONS:
aphasia due to apoplexy
asthma
bronchitis
chest & back pain
Heat in the chest
hysteria
infantile convulsions
mental diseases
pneumonia
pulmonary tuberculosis
seizures
stiffness & pain in the lumbar region
wheezing cough associated with a consumptive condition
NEEDLING: Obliquely upward 0.5 - 1.0 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Used a lot for mental diseases
Mann: suicidal, incoherent speech, madly walking around
seizures
general spinal rigidity/ strengthens spine
extreme mental tension
