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Home > Education > Acupuncture Point Location > Small Intestine Meridian Index > SI 16

Small Intestine 16

Chinese Name: Tianchuang (English translation: Celestial Window)

Location:  On the lateral aspect of the neck, in the posterior border of m. sternocleidomastoideus, posterior to LI 18, level with the Adam's apple.

Classification: Window of the Sky point

Indications:

  • Sore throat, sudden loss of voice
  • Pain and rigidity of the neck
  • Tinnitus, deafness

Functions: Benefits the throat, voice and ears, clears Heat, activates the meridian.

Needling: Perpendicular insertion .5 - 1.0 cun.

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