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Interior of the chest

胸中 〔胸中〕 xiōng zhōng

The chest cavity. The Magic Pivot (灵枢 líng shū, jīng mài) states, The kidney foot lesser yīn (shào yīn) vessel... A branch goes out to the pericardium from the lung, and enters the interior of the chest. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, sù wèn zhì zhen yào dà lùn) states, When there is trouble in the interior of the chest, the throat becomes blocked and there is coughing. In The Classified Classic (类经 lèi jīng), Zhāng Jǐng-Yuè annotates this line, saying: The interior of the chest is the location of the lung.

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