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POINT: PC-9 (PERICARDIUM-9)

NAME: ZHONGCHONG

English:	Middle Rushing
Also Known As:	Center Rushing Pulse on the Middle Finger Middle Pouring Middle Assault Rushing into the Middle Balanced Friendliness

LOCATION:

In the center of the tip of the middle finger,.
Sometimes located at the radial side of the middle finger, at the junction of the lines drawn along the radial border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

NEEDLING:

Perpendicular or oblique insertion 0.1 to 0.2 cun.
Prick to bleed.
Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

Jing-Well point of the Pericardium channel
Wood point of the Pericardium channel
Tonification point of the Pericardium channel
Ting point

ACTIONS:

Clears Heat from the Pericardium
Revives consciousness
Clears the Heart
Pacifies the Heart
Clears Heart Fire
Clears Heat
Reduces fever
Benefits the tongue
Clears Summerheat
Expels Interior Wind
Restores collapsed Yang

INDICATIONS:

Windstroke
Injury by Summerheat
Loss of consciousness
Fever
Fever with agitation and oppression
Heat in the body like fire
Headache
Hypertension
Vomiting and diarrhea
Epigastric pain
Childhood nutritional impairment
Angina pectoris
Cardiac pain with a sensation of fullness and irritability
Cardiac inflammation
Carditis
Infantile convulsions
Deafness
Stiffness, swelling and pain of the tongue
Aphasia with tongue stiffness
Sublingual sarcoma
High fever
Fever with no sweat
All Yang diseases with fever and chest malaise, without sweat
Vertigo
Fainting
Hypotension
Profuse sweating
People who have difficulty expressing themselves
Palpitations
Chest pain

Pain at the root of the tongue
Stiffness of the tongue
Inability to speak
Nighttime crying in children
Heart pain
Agitation of the Heart
Oppression of the Heart with absence of sweating
Heat of the palms
Tinnitus
Sudden turmoil disorder
Nervousness
Irritability
Apoplectic coma
Cerebral hemorrhage
Cerebral hyperemia
Cerebral congestion
Shock
Emergency care
Heat exhaustion
Heat stroke
Wind-Cold with headache, the body literally burning and very hot palms
Infantile parasitosis
Mental disorders
Acute diseases due to perverse Wind
Epileptic seizures
Arterial hypotension
Uncontrollable sexual habits, possibly with no affection
Swelling of the underside of the tongue
Gastric pain

COMBINATIONS:

DU-26 Renzhong LI-4 Hegu If ineffective DU-15 Yamen LIV-1 Dadun	REN-23 Liangquan	LU-11 Shaoshang LU-10 *Yuji* DU-15 Yamen LI-2 Erjian KI-10 Yingu KI-2 Rangu
Loss of consciousness from Windstroke	Swelling and pain below the tongue	Stiffness of the tongue
HT-6 Yinxi	LIV-14 Qimen DU-1 Changqiang REN-22 Tiantu LU-4 Xiabai	DU-4 Mingmen
Heart pain with fullness and agitation and a stiff tongue	Pain of the Heart with shortness of breath	Heat in the body like Fire and a splitting headache

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

This point is especially suitable for restoring consciousness.
Bleed for emergency treatment.