LOCATION: 2 cun lateral to the Ren meridian, in the 4th intercostal space
IMAGE: The Heart ("Spirit") Yang is stored in this area
FUNCTIONS: Opens & Benefits Lung, Regulates Stomach, Sedates Rebellious Qi, Sedates
Cough, Tonifies Heart,
INDICATIONS:
bronchitis
intercostal neuralgia
mastitis
pleurisy
NEEDLING: Obliquely 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
mental problems
waking up at night
fearful
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: For when Ren 17 is too tender to needle (meeting point of Qi)
asthma-- esp. if tender on palpation, or if emotional or fear-based asthma
palpitations
cough, asthma
chest fullness
J.C. Darrus:
breast pathology, hot flashes
pleural and tracheal pathologies
tinnitis form vascular congestion
chiliness
