Dingchuan EX-B1: Location, Functions, Indications, Method
Nomenclature:
English Name/Meaning: Calming Wheezing
Chinese Name: 定喘
Chinese Pinyin: Dingchuan
Location:
Dingchuan is located on the back, 0.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.
Functions and Indications of Dingchuan:
- Dingchuan harmonises lung qi, stops cough and wheezing so is good for asthma, cough, oppression of the chest, shortness of breath.
- Local point for the stiff neck, painful shoulder and back.
Method :
Perpendicular insertion 0.5-0.8 cun.
Remark:
The main point for dyspnoea.