Yuzhong KI26: Nomenclature, Location, Functions, Indications

Yuzhong-KI26
Yuzhong-KI26

Nomenclature:

Yu: luxuriance Zhong: middle
Yuzhong is at the place where the Qi of the kidney is luxuriant flowing into the chest.
Point: KI26
Chinese Name: 彧中
Name: Yuzhong
English Name/Meaning: Comfortable Chest
Pinyin: yù zhōng
Han Geul 한글: uk jung 욱중
Romaji: waku chū
Vietnamese: Hoắc trung

Location:

In the first intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the conception vessel.

Functions and indications of yuzhong:

  • Opens the chest (asthma, pain in the ribs, rebellious qi).
  • Opens lung and sedates cough (asthma, fullness in chest, pain from bronchitis).

Method:

Transverse-oblique insertion, directed laterally along the intercostal space 0.5 to 1 cun.

Precautions:

Deep perpendicular or oblique needling may puncture the lung and/or liver.

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