Acupoints for Descend Qi

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣舍 (qì shè)

🎯 Location: At the superior border of the sternal extremity of the clavicle between sternal head and clavicular head of the scm muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; proximity to subclavian vessels.

🛡️ Treats: Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Swelling, Sore Throat, Goiter

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 不容 (bù róng)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv14.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth in abdominal region.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Poor Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Vomiting

🗺️ 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: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 胸鄉 (xiōng xiāng)

🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Fullness, Costal Lateral Fullness, Unbind Chest, Back Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 周榮 (zhōu róng)

🎯 Location: In the 2nd intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Fullness, Benefit Digestion, Costal Lateral Fullness, Chest Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 厥陰俞 (jué yīn yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

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

🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天牖 (tiān yǒu)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the neck directly below posterior border of the mastoid process on the level of the mandibular angle and on the posterior border of the scm.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Wind, Deafness, Malaria, Breast Swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩井 (jiān jǐng)

🎯 Location: On the shoulder directly above the nipple at the midpoint of the line connecting du14 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: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 玉堂 (yù táng)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 3rd intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

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

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 紫宮 (zǐ gōng)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the level with 2nd intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Coughing Blood, Vomiting, Benefit Digestion

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 華蓋 (huá gài)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline at the midpoint of the sternal angle at the level with 1st intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

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

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 廉泉 (lián quán)

🎯 Location: Above adam's apple in the depression of the upper border of the hyoid bone.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with hyoid bone.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Saliva Excessive, Dry Mouth