LOCATION
Tiantu is located in the centre of the suprasternal fossa.
Features
Meeting point of CV and Yinwei Vessel.
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
The anterior branch of the supraclavicular nerve, the jugular vein arch under the skin, the inferior thyroid artery branch, the trachea in the deep part, the innominate vein and the aortic arch behind the sternal stem.
Indication
Asthma，cough，sudden loss of voice，swelling and sore throat，gall gas，globus hystericus，coughing up of blood hemoptysisy pus，heart and back pain，bronchial asthma，bronchitis，pharyngolaryngitis，tonsillitis. All throat/vocal cord disorders – sore/dry throat, hoarseness, swallowing issues, speech issues such as loss of voice, cracked voice. Window of the Sky Point – useful for aphasia. Upper chest Qi/Stagnation issues – asthma, wheezing, pain in the upper chest, tightness, oppression.
Good point for disease of vocal cord.
Combinations
Asthma，chest impediment：CV 22 & CV 17.
Cough，asthma：CV 22 & CV 17 & LU 05.
Laryngeal swelling，sore throat：CV 22 & CV 21 & GV 16 & KI 06.
Sore throat，hoarse voice，dry mouth before sleep：CV 22 & HT 04 & KI 10 & KI 07 & ST 40 & KI 02.
Hoarse throat：CV 22 & TE 01.
Hoarse voice：CV 22 & HT 04 & KI 10 & KI 07 & ST 40 & KI 02.
Cold wheezing：CV 22 & LU 07 & ST 18 & CV 12 & ST 36.
Chest pain：CV 22 & BL 17 & PC 06.
穴位
在頸部，當前正中線上，胸骨上窩中央。
特點
交會穴，通陰維脈。
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
鎖骨上神經前支，皮下有頸靜脈弓，甲狀腺下動脈分支，深部為氣管，胸骨柄後方為無名靜脈及主動脈弓。
適應症
哮喘，咳嗽，暴喑，咽喉腫痛，癭氣，梅核氣，咳唾膿血，心與背相控而痛，支氣管哮喘，支氣管炎，喉炎，扁桃體炎。
穴位配伍療法
哮喘，胸痺：1.天突 2.膻中
咳嗽、哮喘：1.天突 2.膻中 3.尺澤
喉腫咽痛：1.天突 2.璇璣 3.風府 4.照海
咽痛久不愈，喑啞，入睡口乾：1.天突 2.靈道 3.陰谷 4.復溜 5.豐隆 6.然谷
氣噎：1.天突 2.關衝
喑啞：1.天突 2.靈道 3.陰谷 4.復溜 5.豐隆 6.然谷
冷哮：1.天突 2.列缺 3.乳根 4.中脘 5.足三里
膈肌痙攣：1.天突 2.膈俞 3.內關