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bubble_chart Etymology

Ding, calm down; asthma, asthma. This point has the effect of calming asthma attacks, hence the name Dingchuan (EX-B1).

bubble_chart Location

On the back, below the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra, 0.5 cun laterally.

bubble_chart Anatomy

In the trapezius, rhomboids, splenius capitis, and longissimus muscles; there are branches of the transverse cervical artery and deep cervical artery; and there are posterior branches of the seventh and eighth cervical nerves.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion (the needle tip is slightly toward the spine) 0.5 to 1 cun.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Asthma, cough, bronchitis, dyspnea, measles, laozhen, soreness in the neck and back, pain in the upper limbs.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Pneumonia with severe asthma: Dingchuan (EX-B1), Tiantu (CV22), Tanzhong (CV17).
• Bronchoasthma: Dingchuan (EX-B1), Dazhui (GV14), Fengmen (BL12), Feishu (BL13 ), Tiantu (CV22), Tanzhong (CV17), Lieque (LU7), Hegu (LI4), Fenglong (ST40).