LOCATION
On the 3rd intercoastal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline of the chest
Features
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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
Anterior thoracic ganglion’s pectoralis major muscle branch, thoracic acromion arteries and veins, and thoracic arteries and veins branches.
Indication
Bronchitis，asthma，pleurisy；enteritis，mastitis，intercostal nerve pain. Chest tightness a/or pain, asthma, cough. Breast pain, abscess, mastitis. Swelling of the lips (with LV 3).
Combinations
Swollen lip：ST 16 & LR 03.
Mastitis a：ST 16 & ST 18 & PC 06 & GV 14 & LI 11 & ST 36.
Mastitis b：ST 16 & ST 17 & ST 18 & ST 39 & LI 08 & LR 03 & KI 07.
穴位
在胸部，當第2肋間隙，距前正中線4寸。
特點
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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
胸前神經的胸大肌肌支，胸肩峰動、靜脈及胸側動、靜脈分支。
適應症
支氣管炎，哮喘，胸膜炎；腸炎，乳腺炎，肋間神經痛。
穴位配伍療法
唇腫：1.膺窗 2.太衝
乳癰 a：1.膺窗 2.乳根 3.內關 4.大椎 5.曲池、足三里
乳癰 b：1.膺窗 2.乳中 3.乳根 4.巨虛 5.下廉 6.太衝 7.復溜