He-sea (earth) point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Tian" (天), high place; "jing" (井), a depression surrounded by elevated areas. The point is located on upper arm, in the depression of olecranon fossa of humerus above the tip of elbow, hence its name.

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Tianjing (TE10) acupoints
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "In the depression above the large bone on outer side of elbow... obtained by flexing elbow";
• Taisu‧Benshu BOOK>Yang Shang-shan's note: "1 cun posterior to elbow";
• Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing: "1 cun posterior to flexed elbow, obtained by pressing knee with crossed hands, in the gap between two bones and tendons".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: triceps brachii.
• Nerve: posterior brachial cutaneous nerve, muscular branch of radial nerve.
• Vessel: arterial and venous network of elbow joint.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 7 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 5 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Disperse wind, clear heat, dissipate knots.

• Classical: headache, red eyes, deafness, pharyngitis, scrofula, sores and swelling, urticaria, epilepsy, palpitations, chest Bi-syndrome, heart pain, coughing, spitting pus, five types of choking and ten types of diaphragm disorders, regurgitation and vomiting, pain in the neck, shoulder, and back, flaccidity, Bi-syndrome and numbness of arm, elbow pain radiating to shoulder with inability to flex or extend.
• Modern: urticaria, neurodermatitis, cervical lymph node tuberculosis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Chest Bi-syndrome and heart pain: Tianjing (TE10), Lin Cry.
• Melancholy, confusion, and sadness: Shendao (GV11), Xinshu (BL15), Tianjing (TE10).
• Cervical lymph node tuberculosis: Tianjing (TE10), Quchi (LI11) through Binao (LI14)