LOCATION
In the 5th intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline of chest.
Features
The lateral cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve and the veins of the chest and abdominal wall.
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 lateral cutaneous branch of the fifth intercostal nerve and the veins of the chest and abdominal wall.
Indication
Good for intercostal neuralgia.
Bronchitis，pneumonia，pleurisy，intercostal nerve pain，hepatitis，ascites，urinary retention. Promotes smooth spleen qi (digestion), moves water stagnation – fullness of the chest and/or lateral costal region, abdominal distention perhaps with water swelling, belching, vomiting after eating, boborygmus.
Combinations
Sternocostal swell and pain a：SP 17 & CV 17.
Sternocostal swell and pain b：SP 17 & BL 17 & TE 08. LRer pain: SP 17 (on the right side)
穴位
在胸外側部，當第5肋間隙，前正中線旁開6寸處。
特點
-/-
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
第五肋間神經外側皮支及胸腹壁靜脈。
適應症
氣管炎，肺炎，胸膜炎，肋間神經痛，肝炎，腹水，尿瀦留，右食竇治肝區痛效好。
穴位配伍療法
胸肋脹痛 a：1.食竇 2.膻中
胸肋脹痛 b：1.食竇 2.膈俞 3.三陽絡