Acupoints for Oppression Diaphragm

🗺️ 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, dyspnoea, swelling, abscess:breast, pain:breast

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膈關 (gé guān)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du9 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra approximately at the level of the inferior angle of the scapula.

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

🛡️ Treats: fever, cold:common, fullness:chest, vomiting, pain:back

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膻中 (shān zhōng)

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

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; caution in cardiac conditions.

🛡️ Treats: cough, pain:chest, dyspnoea, asthma, fullness:chest