Results for benefit:breasts

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 屋翳 (wū yì)

🎯 Location: In the 2nd intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Coughing Blood, Heaviness

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膺窗 (yīng chuāng)

🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Chest Fullness, Breast Abscess, Chills

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 乳根 (rǔ gēn)

🎯 Location: On the chest directly below nipple, on the lower border of the breast, in the 5th intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in lactating women; avoid direct needling in breast tissue.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Swelling, Breast Abscess, Breast Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天谿 (tiān xī)

🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Chest Fullness, Breast Abscess, Hiccups

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 少澤 (shào zé)

🎯 Location: On the ulnar side of the little finger about 0.1 thumb width from corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Dizziness, Tinnitus

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天宗 (tiān zōng)

🎯 Location: On the scapula in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa and at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Rule out fracture, dislocation and joint instability before needling, and do not needle into an acutely swollen joint or a haemarthrosis.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Qi Stagnation, Chest Fullness, Elbow Pain, Shoulder Blade Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肓門 (huāng mén)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV05 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 1st lumbar vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Upper Stomach Pain, Breast Pain, Benefit Digestion, Benefit Breasts

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 幽門 (yōu mén)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths above the umbilicus 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the CV14.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Diarrhea, Coughing Blood, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神封 (shén fēng)

🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Asthma, Chest Fullness, Vomiting, Breast Abscess

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 靈墟 (líng xū)

🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Asthma, Palpitations, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神藏 (shén cáng)

🎯 Location: In the 2nd intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Chest Fullness, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Kidney Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 彧中 (yù zhōng)

🎯 Location: In the 1st intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Asthma, Coughing Blood

🗺️ Meridian: Pericardium Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天池 (tiān chí)

🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space 1 thumb width lateral to the nipple and 5 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Phlegm, Chest Fullness, Swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩井 (jiān jǐng)

🎯 Location: On the shoulder directly above the nipple at the midpoint of the line connecting GV14 and acromion the at the highest point of the shoulder.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling – risk of pneumothorax. Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm, Kidney Deficiency, Depression

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足臨泣 (zú lín qì)

🎯 Location: Posterior to the 4th metatarsophalangeal joint in the depression the lateral to the tendon of the extensor digiti minimi of the foot.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Phlegm, Sweating, Kidney Deficiency, Dizziness

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膻中 (dàn zhōng)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 4th intercostal space, midway between nipples.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling – needle transversely along the sternum. New, worsening or unstable cardiac symptoms need medical assessment before treatment.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Chest Fullness