• Regulates Qi and blood and lowers rebellion
• Benefits the throat and neck
• Alleviates pain

• Sore throat, asthma, goiter, dizziness, flushing of the face.

• Level with the tip of Adam's apple where the pulsation of common carotid artery is palpable, on the anterior border of m. sternocleidomastoideus.

• Level with the tip of and 1.5 cun lateral to the laryngeal prominence, in the depression between the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the lateral border of the thyroid cartilage. Note: the carotid artery lies just deep to, and can be readily palpated at, the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. This point therefore lies between the carotid artery and the lateral border of the thyroid cartilage.

• Avoid puncturing the common carotid artery, puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

References

Acupuncture

• 11. Grasping the Wind (First Edition)
  - Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss
• 9. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Revised Edition)
  - Cheng Xinnong
• 8. A Manual of Acupuncture (First Edition)
  - Peter Deadman
• 10. Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text (First Edition)
  - Shanghai College of TCM

A Manual of Acupuncture - Peter Deadman

One of the best Acupuncture resources written in the English language

The single point and body area illustrations alone make this book worth purchasing, not to mention the invaluable commentary and detailed research on points of the twelve primary meridians, the Conception and Governing vessels, as well as extra points.

This book is truly a treasure and definitive resource in the world of Acupuncture. No one wanting to become more serious about acupuncture should be without this book.

- T.Dehli