bubble_chart Etymology "Zhong" (中), center; "ting"(庭), courtyard in front of palace. The acupoint is centrally located below Tanzhong (CV17, the front-mu point of pericardium) and corresponds internally to heart, resembling courtyard in front of palace. Located above xiphoid process of sternum, it is also known as "Longhan" (龍頷, dragon's chin).
bubble_chart Location
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Zhongting (CV16) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
Located on the midline of the chest at the junction of the sternal body and the xiphoid process, approximately level with the 5th intercostal space, 1 cun above
Jiuwei (CV15).
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: superficial fascia is thin, with almost no fat.
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- Nerve: medial branch of anterior cutaneous branch of 5th intercostal nerve.
- Vessels: anterior perforating branches of the internal thoracic (mammary) artery and vein.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Subcutaneous insertion 0.3~0.5 cun, Moxibustion with moxa cone 3~5 cun, moxibustion with moxa stick for 15~20 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Soothe chest, decend counterflow.
- Classical: fullness and distension in chest and ribs, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, throat obstruction.
- Modern: pharyngitis, esophagitis, costochondritis.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Vomiting: Zhongting (CV16), Shufu (KI27), Yishe (BL49).
- Cold diaphragm with inability to eat and vomiting: Zhongting (CV16), Zhongfu (LU1).
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