crossing point: Zhenjiu Dacheng: foot yangming, Shaoyang meeting.

[Origin]

Ying refers to the pulse point of the artery. Huangdi Neijing Taisu Yang Shang-shan Note: "The throat has two boxes, and the foot yangming pulse receives the energy of the Five Storehouses and Six Prefectures to nourish the person, so it is called Renying ( ST9).

[Location]

Renying (ST9) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Hanrebing: "Before Yingjin";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "At the neck, the big pulse is at hand, Xia Throat";
• Suwen‧Yinyang Lei Lun Wang Bing Note: "Both sides of the throat...one inch and five points";

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: platysma, followed by sternocleidomastoid.
• Nerves: transverse cervical nerve, cervical branch of facial nerve; the deep layer is the carotid bulb; the deepest layer is the sympathetic trunk, and the lateral side is the descending branch of the hypoglossal nerve and the vagus nerve.
• Vessels: There is the superior thyroid artery in the deep layer, which is approximately the junction of the internal and external carotid arteries; the anterior superficial jugular vein; and the external jugular vein.

[Manipulation]

Take the supine position, slowly insert the needle, and insert 0.3 to 0.5 inches perpendicularly. Do not puncture arteries or veins, do not retain the needle, and do not use a sitting position for acupuncture or excessive stimulation. Disable direct moxibustion.

[Efficacy]

normal circuit qi, descending inversion.

• Classical: Sore throat, cough, chest fullness, wheezing, hyperthyroidism, scrofula, cholera, headache, body fever, raving, delusional vision and hearing, swollen nape, stuffy breath, inability to eat, tinnitus lumbago, Vomiting has phlegm.
• Modern: acute and chronic laryngitis, tonsillitis, hypertension, hypotension, goiter.

[Recipe]

• cholera, headache, chest pain, respiratory stridor: Renying (ST9), Neiguan (PC6), Guanchong (TE1), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Xiasanli.
• Hypertension: Renying (ST9), Quchi (LI11), Zusanli (ST36).