Knowledge baseAcupuncture points
M-HN-21
Shanglianquan
Upper Spring of Integrity
- Channel
- Extra points
Location
- 01One cun superior to the laryngeal prominence, within the hollow between the mandible and hyoid bone.
- 02One cun inferior to the midpoint of the lower jaw, in the hollow formed between the hyoid bone and the jaw's lower margin.
Needling
- 01Angle the needle toward the tongue root, inserting 1 to 1.5 cun.
- 02Direct the needle obliquely toward the tongue root, 1 to 1.5 cun deep; then draw it back partway and redirect first leftward, then rightward. Patients typically feel alternating distention and tightness around the tongue root and pharynx.
- 03Needle obliquely toward the tongue root to a depth of 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
Indications
- Loss of voice
- Alalia
- Mutism
- Slurred speech
- Difficulty swallowing
- Excess salivation
- Excess salivation with tongue stiffness
- Stomatitis
- Sore throat
- Acute or chronic pharyngitis