Yutang

On the sternal midline, level with where the third intercostal space meets the sternum.

1. 01Insert transversely along the channel, angled up or down, 0.5 to 1 cun.
2. 02Puncture just beneath the skin, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
3. 03Moxibustion may be used.

• ·Opens the chest
• ·Harmonizes Qi
• ·Directs Qi downward

• ·Chest pain
• ·Sternal pain
• ·Agitation accompanied by cough
• ·Upward-surging Qi
• ·Chest fullness
• ·Difficulty breathing
• ·Wheezing
• ·Dyspnea
• ·Cold Phlegm
• ·Pleurisy
• ·Coughing
• ·Vomiting
• ·Difficult ingestion
• ·Throat Bi
• ·Throat swelling
• ·Breast swelling and pain
• ·Intercostal neuralgia
• ·Asthma
• ·Bronchitis
• ·Emphysema

This point may help prevent a heart attack.