ACUPUNCTURE
Bing Feng: TCM Acupoint Guide
BINGFENG
Name
Bing Feng (Bingfeng)
Location
In the center of the suprascapular fossa, directly above SI-11 Tianzong, between SI-13 Quyuan and LI-16 Jugu.
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 0.7 cun.
- Caution: deep perpendicular insertion, especially in thin patients, carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.
- Oblique medial insertion towards the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting point of the Gall Bladder, Large Intestine and San Jiao channels
Actions
- Expels wind
- Benefits the shoulder and scapula
Indications
- Inability to lift the arms
- Chest problems
- Confusion from thinking too fast
- All shoulder and scapular problems
- Shoulder and arm neuralgia and numbness
- Cough with stubborn phlegm
- Soreness and pain of the back of the shoulder
- Pain in the scapular region
- Numbness and aching of the upper extremities
- Motor impairment of the shoulder and arm
- Stiff neck with inability to turn the head
- Inflammation of the supraspinatus tendon
Notes
This is a wind control point.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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