Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
SI-16
Tianchuang
Heavenly Window
Autres nomsHeaven's Window
- Méridien
- Intestin grêle
- Classification
- Fenêtre du Ciel
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Localisation
- 01At the posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, level with the laryngeal prominence.
- 023.5 cun to the side of the laryngeal prominence, at the sternocleidomastoid's posterior margin, 0.5 cun posterior to LI-18 Futu.
Puncture
- 01Needle straight in, 0.5 to 0.8 cun deep.
- 02Insert directly, 0.5 to 1 cun deep.
- 03Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.7 cun deep.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Fonctions du point
Window of Heaven (Window of the Sky) point
Actions
- Benefits throat and voice
- Regulates Qi
- Calms Shen
- Frees the channel
- Relieves pain
- Clears Heat
Indications
- Deafness
- Tinnitus
- Ear pain
- Sore throat
- Cheek swelling and pain
- A hot sensation on the facial skin
- Urticaria
- Shoulder pain that radiates into the neck
- Shoulder pain causing neck stiffness with an inability to turn the head
- Goiter
- Sudden voice loss
- Sudden voice loss following a Windstroke
- Hoarse voice from Cold lodged in the throat
- Lockjaw
- Clenched jaw following Windstroke
- Headache
- Manic, ghost-like speech
- Manic depression
- Sluggishness and lethargy
- Neck pain
Associations
Notes
This point is indicated for those unable to distinguish the pure from the turbid.