SP-20 Zhourong - Encircling Glory
More Spirit Names: All Round Flourishing, All Round Construction
| English: | Encircling Glory |
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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.
Command Functions
Actions
- Regulates Qi
- Descends Qi
- Unbinds the chest
Indications
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Combinations
| UB-25 | ||
Difficult ingestion with a desire to drink fluids. | Difficult ingestion. |
Contraindications
Notes
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Encircling Glory is a circle of protection around the patient, for when the patient needs security. It is the highest point of the Spleen meridian, close to the compassionate Heart. Worsley likened the support Earth gives us to what a mother gives her child, and this point gives a fragile person that gentle holding, so the spirit can settle and flourish. Its connection is more with the Lung than with the Heart, a Metal energy that lets a person be held in their own beauty and grace (Secondary source). Like being wrapped in the mother's arms, it surrounds us with understanding, love, compassion, comfort, support and security, and spreads the energy transformed by the Stomach so it is available everywhere: uplifting, more than satisfying, glorious and truly rich. |
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| Worsley | Location: On the chest in the 2nd intercostal space, 6 ACI from the midline. |
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