Chinese Name:
Yingchuang (English translation: Breast Window)
Location:
On the chest, in the 3rd intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior median line.
Indications:
- Cough and asthma
- Distention and pain in the chest and hypochondria
- Acute mastitis
Functions:
Descends rebellious Qi, alleviates cough, benefits the breasts.
Needling: Oblique
or subcutaneous insertion .5 - .8 cun. Under the points from ST 11 to ST 18,
there are important organs and a main artery.
Do not puncture these points deeply. |