【Category】
New hole.
【Origin】
Ding, calm down; asthma, asthma. This point has the effect of calming asthma attacks, hence the name Dingchuan (EX-B1).
【Location】
On the back, below the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra, 0.5 cun laterally.
【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.
【Manipulation】
Perpendicular insertion or oblique insertion (the needle tip is slightly toward the spine) 0.5 to 1 inch.
【Efficacy】
Asthma, cough, bronchitis, dyspnea, measles, laozhen, soreness in the neck and back, pain in the upper limbs.
【Recipe】
- 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).