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Alternate names: 颈冲 jǐng chōng, Neck Surge; 颈冲 jǐng chōng, Neck Thoroughfare; 头冲 tóu chōng, Head Surge; 头冲 tóu chōng, Head Thoroughfare

Channel: LI, Hand Yáng Brightness (yáng míng) Large Intestine Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the lateral aspect of the upper arm, superior to the insertion of the deltoid muscle on the humerus, about 2 cùn inferior to the level of the anterior axillary fold on the line connecting LI-11 (qū chí) and LI-15 (jiān yú).

Classic location: Up four cùn from Five Lǐ (LI-13), in the depression between the two sinews and bone, felt when the arm is raised and the hand is held flat. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: The branches of the posterior circumflex humeral artery and vein, the deep brachial artery and vein. The posterior brachial cutaneous nerve; deeper, the radial nerve.

Action: Courses and frees the channels and network vessels; relieves pain.

Modern indications: Shoulder and arm pain; stiff nape and neck; scrofula; eye diseases.

Classic indications: Heat effusion and aversion to cold; hypertonicity of the neck; pain in the back and shoulder preventing the arm from being lifted; thin weak arms.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒0.7 cùn perpendicular or upward oblique insertion. Moxa: 3‒7 cones; pole 5‒10 min.

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