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Channel: CV, Controlling (rèn) Vessel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the chest, level with the first intercostal space on the midline.

Classic location: In the depression one cùn and six fēn directly above Purple Palace (CV-19). (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)

Local anatomy: The perforating branches of the internal mammary artery and vein. The anterior cutaneous branch of the first intercostal nerve.

Action: Loosens the chest, disinhibits the diaphragm; clears the lung and supresses cough.

Modern indications: Cough; panting; distension and pain in the chest and rib-side.

Classic indications: Fullness and pain in the chest and rib-side; cough and counterflow qì ascent; blood ejection; throat impediment (hóu bì); swollen pharynx; inability to get food and drink down of fluids.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3 cùn downward oblique insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

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