bubble_chart Etymology "She" (舍), residence. The point is close to the trachea, hence its name.
bubble_chart Location
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Qishe (ST11) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On the neck, the upper border of the medial end of the clavicle, in the depression between sternal and clavicular heads of sternocleidomastoid muscle; in the supraclavicular fossa.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On the neck, directly under Renying (ST9), in the depression beside Tiantu (CV22)";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "1.5 cun lateral to Tiantu (CV22)";
- Leijing Tuyi "Adjacent to the notch on the tip of the bone."
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscles: platysma, between the clavicular and sternal heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- Nerve: medial supraclavicular nerve, branches of the hypoglossal nerve.
- Vessel: anterior jugular vein; deeper structures include the common carotid artery
bubble_chart Manipulation
Insert shallowly 0.3-0.5 cun. Moxibustion with 3-5 moxa cones, moxibustion with moxa stick for 5-10 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Benifit throat, eliminate goiter.
- Classical: pharyngitis, cough, shortness of breath, stiff neck with limited movement, scrofula, hiccup, swollen shoulder, goiter, pharyngeal swelling, choking with inability to eat, diarrhea.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Diarrhea: moxibustion Pishu (BL20), Guanyuan (CV4), Shenshu (BL23), Fuliu (KI7), Fu'ai (SP16), Changqiang (GV1), Taixi ( KI3), Dachangshu (BL25), Sanli, Qishe (ST11), Zhongwan (CV12).
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