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PC-1 Celestial Pool
天池 〔天池〕 tiān chí
Alternate names: 天会 tiān huì, Celestial Convergence
Channel: PC, hand reverting yīn (jué yīn) pericardium channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the chest, 1 cùn lateral and slightly superior to the nipple, in the fourth intercostal space.
Classical location: Three cùn below the armpit, one or two cùn behind the nipple, between the protuberances of the ribs. From
Local anatomy: The thoracoepigastric vein, branches of the lateral thoracic artery and vein. The muscular branch of the anterior thoracic nerve, the 4th intercostal nerve.
Action: Opens the chest and rectifies qì; suppresses cough and calms panting; diffuses the lung and clears heat.
Modern indications: Cough; panting; oppression in the chest; rib-side pain; scrofula; mammary welling-abscess (rǔ yōng).
Classical indications: Cough with copious phlegm; panting; saber and pearl-string lumps; malarial disease; headache; inability to move the limbs;
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.2 cùn outward oblique insertion; bleed with three-edged needle. Moxa: 1‒5 cones; pole 5‒19 min.
Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the pericardium and gallbladder channels.
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