Nomenclature:

Zhong: middle Ting: courtyard
Zhongting lies below the heart as if in the courtyard in front of the palace.
Point:CV16
Chinese Name: 中庭
Name:Zhongting
Pinyin: zhōng tíng
English Name/Meaning: Central Courtyard
Han Geul 한글: jung jeong 중정
Romaji: chū tei?
Vietnamese: Trung đình

Location:

On the anterior midline, at the level with the fifth intercostal space, on the xiposternal synchondrosis.
On the midline of the abdomen, 8 cun above the umbilicus.

Functions of zhongting:

• Relaxes chest and regulates Qi.
• Sedates rebellious Qi.
• Regulates the stomach and flow of stomach Qi.

Indication:

Distension and fullness in the chest and intercostal region, hiccup, nausea, anorexia, infantile vomiting.

Method:

Transverse insertion, directed superiorly or inferiorly along the midline, 0.5 cun.

Remark:

Good for infantile vomiting.