LOCATION
Level with the tip of the Adam’s Apple on the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoideus muscle (where the pulse of the common cartoid artery is felt).
Features
Sea points. Meeting point with GB Meridian.
Body Inches (cun)
Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.
Nerves, vascular
Carotid cutaneous nerve and facial nerve carotid branch, arterial bulb, sympathetic trunk, descending branch of hypoglossal nerve and vagus nerve, superior thyroid artery, when the divergence of the internal and external carotid arteries.
Indication
Headache,cardiac neurosis;faucitis,tonsillitis,vocal cord disorders,asthma,tuberculosis,hemoptysis;hyperthyroidism,hyperthyroidism,raynaud‘s disease;Lymphoid tuberculosis,gall gas,hypertension.In ancient times the ST Qi was assessed by palpating the pulse here and at ST 42.Regulation of Blood Pressure – lowering high blood pressure.Headache, dizziness.Sore throat, counterflow qi (vomiting), coughing, hiccups.Acute lumbar sprain, lower back pain.Window of the Sky Point – restores Qi flow between the body and the head – useful with headache, chest tightness, asthma.Tong CV/Tam Healing System: Used to effect the common carotid artery. With acupuncture and tuina we often use LI 18 instead as it is safer, for Tong CV and light tuina, however, it is fine to use. Falls into the category of Window of the Sky points within the Tam Healing system.
Combinations
Hypertension a.:ST 09 & GV 14 & LR 03.
Hypertension b.:ST 09 & LR 03 & LI 11.
Hypertension c.:ST 09 & LI 11 & ST 36.
Hyperthyroidism (simple goiter):ST 09 & CV 22 & LI 04 & LR 04 & ST 44.
Cholera,headache,chest pain,wheezing:ST 09 & PC 06 & TE 01 & SP 06 & ST 36.
穴位
在頸部,結喉旁開1.5寸,胸鎖乳突肌的前緣,頸總動脈搏動處。
特點
合穴、交會穴,通足少陽。
同身寸
針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。
是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,
作为量取穴位的長度單位。
穴區神經血管
頸皮神經及面神經頸支,動脈球,交感幹,舌下神經降支及迷走神經,甲狀腺上動脈,當頸內、外動脈的分歧處。
適應症
頭痛,心臟神經官能症;咽喉炎,扁桃腺炎,聲帶疾患,哮喘,肺結核,咳血;甲狀腺機能亢進,甲狀腺腫大,雷諾氏病;瘰癧,癭氣,高血壓;常按壓人迎穴,有利於增進面部的血液循環,使臉部的皮膚緊縮,去除雙下巴。
穴位配伍療法
高血壓 a:1.人迎 2.大椎 3.太衝
高血壓 b:1.人迎 2.太衝 3.曲池
高血壓 c:1.人迎 2.曲池 3.足三里
單純性甲狀腺腫:1.人迎 2.天突 3.合谷 4.中封 5.內庭
霍亂,頭痛,胸痛,呼吸喘鳴:1.人迎 2.內關 3.關衝 4.三陰交 5.下三里