ACUPUNCTURE
Tian Jing: TCM Acupoint Guide
TIANJING
Name
Tian Jing (Tianjing)
Location
With the elbow flexed, in a depression about 1 cun superior to the olecranon.
Needling
- Perpendicular insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Earth point
- Sedation point
- He-Sea point
Actions
- Relaxes tendons
- Resolves Dampness and phlegm
- Dispels nodules
- Clears Heat
- Dispels Stagnation
- Regulates the Ying and Wei
- Regulates qi
- Descends rebellion
- Calms the Shen
- Alleviates pain
Indications
- Painful jaw
- Lumbago
- Pain in the head
- Arm pain
- Shoulder pain
- Chest pain
- Elbow pain
- Pain behind the ear
- Restlessness
- Hot flashes, sedate
- Anorexia
- Tidal fever
- Excessive sweating
- Chest and hypochondriac fullness and pain
- Insanity
- Hysteria
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Somnolence
- Costal pain
- Painful spasms of the neck and upper back
- Diseases of the soft tissue of the elbow
- Five types of epilepsy
- Convulsions
- Laryngitis
- Tonsillitis
- Eye pain
- Post-traumatic pain in the renal region which prevents lying down
- Lymphadenitis
- Cough with fullness of the abdomen and no pleasure in eating or drinking
- Distention and pain of the lower abdomen
- Tongue thrusting
- Swelling and pain of the cheek
- Swelling and pain of the throat
- Malaria
- Alternating chills and fever
- Hemorrhoids
- Scapular pain
- Numbness of the shoulder
- Inability to speak
- Inability to lie down
- Headaches
- Partial deafness
- Tinnitus
- Red and swollen outer canthus
- Dislike of food during a fever
- Emotional instability
- Urticaria
- Deafness
- Throat Bi
- Cough with purulent sputum or Blood
- Upper body edema
- Pain and swelling of the nape, neck, shoulder or upper arms
- Goiter
- Scrofula
- Elbow injuries with pain and stiffness
- Unilateral headache
- Migraine headache
- Pain in the elbow and arm
- Arthritis of the elbow and wrist
- Depressive psychosis
- Madness
- Psychopathy
- Schizophrenia
- Cough with a sensation of qi rising
- Bronchitis
- Pain in the Heart and chest
- Coughing and vomiting pus and Blood
- Sadness
- Propensity to fright
- Fright palpitations
- Leg qi attacking upwards
- Clonic spasms
- Atrophy disorder and numbness of the arm
- Bi syndrome of the arm
- Wind Bi with contraction of the sinews and pain of the bones
- Elbow pain radiating to the shoulder
- Lumbar pain due to trauma
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| HT-3 Shaohai or SI-1 Shaoze | Scrofula |
| REN-14 Juque, UB-15 Xinshu | Heart disorientation |
| UB-15 Xinshu, DU-11 Shendao | Sadness, anxiety and disorientation |
| SJ-2 Yemen, DU-20 Baihui, DU-11 Shendao | Fright palpitations |
| SJ-8 Sanyangluo, LIV-10 Zuwuli, ST-45 Lidui, LI-3 Sanjian | Somnolence with no desire to move the four limbs |
| REN-17 Shanzhong | Chest Bi and Heart pain, fullness of the Heart and abdomen |
| GB-41 Zulinqi | Chest Bi and Heart pain |
| UB-59 Fuyang | Clonic spasm |
| SJ-5 Waiguan, UB-40 Weizhong, LI-11 Quchi | Atrophy disorder and numbness of the arm |
| LU-3 Chize, HT-3 Shaohai, UB-40 Weizhong, GB-38 Yangfu | Wind Bi |
| HT-3 Shaohai or LI-11 joined to HT-3 Shaohai | Nodular growths in the neck |
Contraindications
This point is forbidden to needle after the fourth month of pregnancy.
Notes
Known as the serene tranquility point, and the most neglected point in the whole body. It keeps stability of mind and gives peace and serenity to sick patients. It treats all types of acute pain. A heavenly well of energy that can completely recharge the patient. For disorders of the San Jiao, use the Lower He-Sea point of the San Jiao, UB-39 Weiyang. A special point for scrofula.
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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