ACUPUNCTURE
Jian Jing: TCM Acupoint Guide
JIANJING
Name
Jian Jing (Jianjing)
Location
At the highest point of the shoulder, midway between DU-14 Dazhui and the acromion, at the crest of the trapezius muscle.
Needling
- Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness extending to the shoulder region.
- Caution: perpendicular insertion, especially in thin patients, carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax.
- Caution: care should be taken not to insert the needle too deeply, to avoid puncturing the Lung.
- Posterior-oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting point of the Gall Bladder, San Jiao and Stomach channels with the Yang Wei channel
Actions
- Relaxes the sinews
- Regulates qi
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
- Transforms and lowers phlegm
- Dissipates nodules
- Benefits the breasts
- Expedites delivery
- Promotes lactation
Indications
- Aphasia due to Windstroke
- Hemiplegia
- Vertigo
- Boils
- Carbuncles
- Furuncles
- Breast abscess
- Vertex headache
- Cough
- Neck stiffness
- Chest pain with fever
- Difficult breathing with profuse mucus
- Shoulder and back pain
- Motor impairment of the arm and hand
- Dyspnea
- Qi rebellion
- Mania-depression
- Redness of the face
- Prolonged labor
- Inversion counterflow of the arms and legs following miscarriage
- Retention of the placenta
- Bi syndrome of the shoulders and neck
- Torticollis
- Pain in the renal region
- Apoplexy with drooling
- Cerebral anemia
- Cerebral hyperemia
- Metrorrhagia
- Headache
- Beriberi
- Edema of the legs
- All types of tuberculosis
- Premature labor with the four limbs icy
- Lochioschesis
- Difficult labor
- Insufficient lactation
- Mastitis
- Scrofula
- Goiter
- Uterine bleeding
- Pain in the back of the shoulder
- Stiffness and pain of the neck
- Inability to raise the hand and arm
- Windstroke
- Wind-taxation
- The five taxations and seven injuries
- Steaming bone disorder
- Kidney Deficiency lumbar pain
- Leg qi ascending to attack the Heart
- Pain of the Spleen
- Breast pain
- Pain and rigidity of the neck
- Apoplexy
- Postpartum hemorrhage
- Threatened miscarriage
- Atrophy of the neck muscles
- Head cannot be turned
- Excess of phlegm and saliva blocking the passages in cerebral hemorrhage
- Pain in the arm which cannot be extended and cannot touch the head
- Pneumonia
- Stifling glairy mucus obstructs the throat
- Thyroid hypertrophy
- All types of contusions
- Icy feet after abortion
- Labor pain with no dilation
- Cramps with false labor pain
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| SI-11 Tianzong, SI-1 Shaoze | Mastitis |
| GB-20 Fengchi, LI-15 Jianyu | Shoulder pain |
| UB-42 Pohu | Inability to turn the neck |
| UB-12 Fengmen, SJ-3 Zhongzhu, SJ-6 Zhigou, SI-3 Houxi, SI-4 Wangu, UB-40 Weizhong | Pain of the shoulder and back |
| HT-3 Shaohai, PC-1 Tianchi, LIV-13 Zhangmen, GB-41 Zulinqi, SJ-6 Zhigou, GB-38 Yangfu, LI-10 Shousanli | Scrofula |
| REN-3 Zhongji, SP-6 Susanli | Retention of the placenta |
| LI-11 Quchi, LI-8 Xialian | Pain and cold of the arm |
| ST-36 Zusanli, GB-34 Yanglingquan | Pain and soreness of leg qi, first needle GB-21 Jianjing |
| LI-11 Quchi | Shoulder pain, pain of the forearm |
| DU-20 Baihui, DU-1 Changqiang, UB-25 Dachangshu, LI-4 Hegu, ST-30 Qichong | Rectal prolapse |
Contraindications
Contraindicated during pregnancy. Use caution for those with Heart problems.
Notes
This point has three main functions: it treats Bi syndrome of the shoulders and neck, it promotes lactation in nursing mothers, and it is used for many problems involved in childbirth. A very powerful point, and a key secret point for knee problems because it sends the qi downwards.
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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