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Alternate names: 窗笼 chuāng lóng, Window Basket; 窗龙 chuāng lóng, Window Dragon; 窗耸 chuāng sǒng, Lofty Window

Channel: SI, Hand Greater Yáng (tài yáng) Small Intestine Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the neck, slightly superior to the level of the laryngeal prominence, at the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid (scm) muscle.

Classic location: In the cleft in the major sinew of the neck, below the corner of the jaw, and behind Protuberance Assistant (LI-18), in the depression where a pulsating vessel can be felt. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: The ascending cervical artery. The cutaneous cervical nerve, the emerging portion of the great auricular nerve.

Action: Dispels wind and quickens the network vessels; quiets the spirit and nourishes the heart.

Modern indications: Deafness and tinnitus; painful swollen throat; painful rigidity of the neck.

Classic indications: Painful swelling of the cheek; wind stroke with loss of voice; throat impediment (hóu bì); manic disease.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.8 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 5‒10 min.

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