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acupointYuzhong
International codeKI26
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【Origin】

Literal meaning "comfortable chest". Yu means literary talent and flourishing. The lungs are the house of cultural depression, and the caves in the chest are related to the lungs, hence the name.

【Location】

Two inches lateral to the midline of the chest (Huagai (CV20)), in the depression of the first intercostal space.
  • Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "One inch and six points below the loser's house";
  • Xunjing Kaoxue Bian : "Two inches apart from Huagai (CV20)".

【Anatomy】

  • Muscles: pectoralis major, external intercostal membrane, internal intercostal muscles. (The deep layer is the lungs).
  • Nerve: The anterior cutaneous branch of the first intercostal nerve, the deep layer is the first intercostal nerve; there is the medial supraclavicular nerve under the skin.
  • Vessel: first intercostal artery and vein.

【Manipulation】

Transverse insertion 0.3~0.5 inches, do not penetrate deeply. moxa cone moxibustion 3 to 5 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 5 to 10 minutes.

【Efficacy】

Relieves qi and relieves asthma.

  • Classical: cough, shortness of breath, excessive salivation, fullness in the chest and flanks, shortness of breath, dyspnea and palpitations, unable to sit still, vomiting and not eating.
  • Modern: pectoral membrane inflammation, costochondritis.

【Recipe】

  • cough, shortness of breath, excessive salivation: Yuzhong (KI26), Shimen (CV5).

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