| acupoint | Tianding |
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| alias | Tianding |
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Tian refers to a high place; tripod is an ancient cooking utensil with a round belly and three legs, which is used to describe the head, cervical vertebrae and sternocleidomastoid muscles on both sides; the cave is located in the neck, hence the name. Taiping Shenghui Fang is called "Zhending", which is a homonym borrowed from it.
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(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On Quepen (ST12), directly on Futu (LI18), Qishe (ST11) "One inch and five minutes";
- Tongren acupoint acupuncture and moxibustion Illustration Book: "straight Futu (LI18) "The last inch";
- Zhenjiu Zishengjing: "Qishe (ST11) The last inch."
- Muscles: platysma, anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle; deep to the origin of the middle scalene muscle.
- Nerves: supraclavicular nerve, cervical cutaneous nerve; the deep layer is the starting point of the phrenic nerve (cervical 3-5), and the brachial plexus is below.
- Vessel: There is the ascending carotid artery deep inside.
In a sitting position, turn your head to the opposite side and stab 0.2 to 0.5 inches shallowly, but do not stab deeply downward. To prevent pneumothorax, when pressing Tianding (LI17), the upper trunk of the brachial plexus can be compressed between the front edges of the transverse processes of the 6th to 7th cervical vertebrae of the fingers. The patient may feel numbness at the top of the shoulder and the upper limb on the same side. moxa cone moxibustion 3 ~ 5 strong, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.
disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx throat, clearing lung qi.
- Classical: acute hoarseness, pharyngitis, sore throat, inability to breathe, fluid retention, inability to eat, ringing in the throat.
- Modern: tonsillitis, laryngitis, hiccup, numbness of upper limbs.
