ST-16 Yingchuang - Breast Window
| English: | Breast Window |
| Also Known As: | Breast's Window |
Location
- On the chest, in the third intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline, level with REN-18 Yutang, on the mammilary line.
Note: In males, the nipple lies in the fourth intercostal space.
Needling
- Transverse-oblique insertion laterally or medially along the intercostal space 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
- Transverse insertion superiorly along the channel.
- Caution: Deep or perpendicular insertion carries a substantial risk of puncturing the Lung.
- Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
Actions
- Alleviates cough and wheezing
- Benefits the breasts
Indications
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Combinations
| LIV-3 | KI-23 | |
Swelling of the lips | Breast abscess Chills and fever with shortness of breath Restless sleep |
Contraindications
Notes
- It is best to use on women in the sitting position.
- It is used for people who lack sympathy.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Qi and breast milk flow through Breast Window the way air and light come through a window. Near the breast and the heart, where a mother holds a child to feed and soothe it, this point can reawaken the wish to offer or accept comfort and nurturing. Open the window so a person can give and receive, and both accept and show sympathy and compassion; when we feel for people we hold them to our hearts. A mother nourishes her child from her breast, and she still feeds her children even when they have been naughty: this point lets unconditional love be expressed. We all make mistakes, and it allows forgiveness and empathy. It opens the Heart so the milk of human kindness can flow. |
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| Worsley | Location: In the 3rd intercostal space, 4 ACI from the midline, on the paramedian nipple line. |
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