Intersection of all Yang meridians
LOCATION: Below the spinous process of C7, approximately at the level of the shoulders.
IMAGE: A reference to the large spinous process of C-7, beneath which the point is located.
"Zhui" is also a term for hammer. The vertebrae are said to resemble hammers.
FUNCTIONS: Relieves Exterior Conditions
Opens the Yang
Clears the Brain & Calms the Spirit
Causes Sweat, Clears Heat, Fire, & Summer Heat, Dispels Wind & Cold, Moves Qi & Yang,
Reduces Fever, Regulates Qi, Relaxes Tendons, Restores Collapsed Yin, Tonifies Wei Qi
INDICATIONS:
asthma
blood diseases
bronchitis
Cold-induced diseases
congested throat
constricted feeling in chest & soreness in ribs
cough
eczema
emphysema
fever
fever & chills
heatstroke
hemiplegia
hepatitis
hot sensation in bones with recurrent fever (associated with deficient Yin conditions)
malaria
pain in the back of the shoulder
psychosis (good point)
pulmonary tuberculosis
seizures (good point)
tidal fevers
NEEDLING: Obliquely upward 0.5 - 1.0 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
neurasthenia
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: All the Yang Channels cross this point
Main point for high fever
Main point for malaria
fainting/ heat stroke
helps relieve toxicity-- hot blood diseases, skin problems
