ACUPUNCTURE
Zhou Rong: TCM Acupoint Guide
ZHOURONG
Name
Zhou Rong (Zhourong)
Location
On the lateral side of the chest, in the second intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the mid-sternal line.
Needling
- Transverse-oblique insertion along the intercostal space, 0.5-1 cun.
- Caution: avoid deep insertion. Perpendicular insertion carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax.
- Slanted insertion, 0.5-0.8 cun.
- Puncture obliquely, 0.3-0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Regulates qi
- Descends qi
- Unbinds the chest
Indications
- Distention and fullness of the chest and lateral costal region
- Shortness of breath
- Desires to drink fluids
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Pulmonary emphysema
- Hiccup
- Coughing
- Coughing with copious phlegm or pus
- Difficult ingestion
- Asthma
- Pleurisy
- General body soreness
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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