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POINT: REN-21 (CONCEPTION VESSEL-21)

English: Jade Pivot
Also Known As: North Star
Shimmering Pearl
Pearl Jade
  • One cun below REN-22 Tiantu on the midline of the sternum, midway between the articulations of the left and right first rib with the sternum.
  • On the midline of the manubrium of the sternum, midway between REN-20 Huagai and REN-22 Tiantu.
  • Transverse insertion, pointed downward, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
  • Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Descends Stomach Qi
  • Dispels Food Accumulation
  • Unbinds the chest
  • Descends Lung Qi
  • Benefits the throat
  • Bronchial asthma
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Esophageal spasms
  • Cardiac spasm
  • Laryngeal stridor in children
  • Accumulation in the Stomach
  • Difficult ingestion
  • Rattling sound in the throat
  • Throat Bi
  • Swollen glands
  • Swollen pharynx
  • Throat blockage
  • Coughing
  • Fullness and pain in the chest and lateral costal region
  • Rebellious
  • Wheezing
  • Dyspnea with inability to speak
  • Dysphagia

REN-22
Tiantu
PC-6
Neiguan

REN-6
Qihai

ST-36
Zusanli

Esophageal spasms

Emaciation and wheezing

Distressed, rapid dyspnea

Internal injury by Food Accumulation in the Stomach

Accumulation in the Stomach

Food Obstruction in the Stomach

KI-25
Shencang

 

 

Fullness of the chest with a stiff neck

 

 

  • This is where the neck star to turn from.