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SI-16

Tianchuang

Heavenly Window

Also known asHeaven's Window

Channel
Small Intestine
Classification
Window of Sky

Location

  1. 01At the posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, level with the laryngeal prominence.
  2. 023.5 cun to the side of the laryngeal prominence, at the sternocleidomastoid's posterior margin, 0.5 cun posterior to LI-18 Futu.

Needling

  1. 01Needle straight in, 0.5 to 0.8 cun deep.
  2. 02Insert directly, 0.5 to 1 cun deep.
  3. 03Puncture perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.7 cun deep.
  4. 04Moxibustion may be used.

Point functions

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

Combinations

Notes

This point is indicated for those unable to distinguish the pure from the turbid.