ACUPUNCTURE
Tian Xi: TCM Acupoint Guide
TIANXI
Name
Tian Xi (Tianxi)
Location
In the fourth intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
Needling
- Puncture obliquely, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Caution: perpendicular insertion, especially in thin patients, causes a substantial risk of inducing pneumothorax.
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
- Transverse-oblique insertion along the intercostal space, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Regulates and descends qi
- Benefits the breasts
- Promotes lactation
Indications
- Fullness in the chest and hypochondrium
- Cough
- Hiccup
- Mastitis
- Insufficient lactation
- Rattling of phlegm in the throat
- Breast abscess
- Bronchitis
- Asthma
- Fullness and pain of the chest and lateral costal region
- Shortness of breath
- Running piglet qi
- Failure of breast milk to flow
Notes
This point is good to restore human kindness and empathy.
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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