ACUPUNCTURE
Zhong Ting: TCM Acupoint Guide
ZHONGTING
Name
Zhong Ting (Zhongting)
Location
On the anterior midline, at the level of the fifth intercostal space, on the xiphosternal synchondrosis.
Needling
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Transverse insertion, directed superiorly or inferiorly along the midline, 0.5 cun.
- Puncture subcutaneously, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Meeting point of the REN channel with the Small Intestine, Pericardium and Gall Bladder channels
Actions
- Unbinds the chest
- Regulates the stomach
- Descends rebellious qi
- Stimulates the adrenals
- Stimulates the pituitary gland
Indications
- Asthma
- Vomiting
- Food stuck in the throat
- Anorexia
- Fullness in the chest and lateral costal region
- Difficult ingestion
- Vomiting of breast milk in infants
- Distention and fullness in the chest and intercostal region
- Hiccup
- Nausea
- Esophageal constriction
- Vomiting after eating
- Cold and pain of the umbilicus
Notes
Consider this point when there are problems with the heart.
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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