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bubble_chart Etymology

Arm refers to the upper limb. This acupoint is located on the neck and can treat diseases such as numbness of the upper limbs, hence the name Jingbi.

bubble_chart Location

From the center of the supraclavicular fossa to the midpoint of the medial end of the clavicle. When selecting acupoints, the patient lies on his back with his head turned to the opposite side. The acupoints are selected one cun above the clavicle on the outer edge of the clavicle head of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

bubble_chart Anatomy

It has the sternocleidomastoid muscle; the branches of the lateral cervical artery and vein; and the brachial plexus.

bubble_chart Manipulation

The perpendicular insertion is 0.3 to 0.8 cun, based on the numbness and electric shock-like sensation spreading from the arm to the fingers. The direction of needle insertion should be straight, but can be slightly backward. Do not oblique insertion downwards, and should not be inserted deeply to avoid damaging the lung apex.

bubble_chart Efficacy

cervical spondylosis, wind-dampness numbness of shoulder and arm, brachial plexus neuralgia, radial ulnar nerve palsy, scapulohumeral periarthritis, intercostal neuralgia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Brachial plexus pain: Jingbi, Jiquan (HT1), Shaohai (HT3), Fengchi (GB20 ), Neiguan (PC6), Hegu (LI4) through Houxi (SI3); lateral pain with Jianyu (LI15), foreign Binao (LI14), Quchi (LI11).
• Radial nerve palsy: Jingbi, Jiquan (HT1), Shousanli (LI10), Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4) through Houxi (SI3).
• cervical spondylosis: Jingbi, neck Jiaji (EX-B2), Dazhu (BL11), Tianzhu (BL10), Fengchi (GB20), Houxi (SI3), Jianwaishu (SI14); brachial anesthesia and weakness plus Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4), Baxie (EX-UE9), neck stiffness, poor rotation and Dazhui (GV14), Chonggu.

bubble_chart Notes

According to awn-needle therapy compiled by Yang Zhaogang, the Jingbi acupoint is located at the lower third of the posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, about two cun above the clavicle, and the location is slightly different.