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Channel: SI, hand greater yáng (tài yáng) small intestine channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the upper back, 2 cùn lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.

Classical location: At the inner side of the corner of the shoulder blade, two cùn from the spinal column. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: See SI-14.

Action: Diffuses the lung and clears heat; transforms phlegm and brightens the eyes.

Modern indications: Cough; panting; shoulder and back pain.

Classical indications: Heat effusion and aversion to cold; unclear vision; spitting of blood.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.6 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 5‒10 cones; pole 5‒20 min.

Point name meaning:

• 肩 jiān: shoulder
• 中 zhōng: center, central, middle (also zhòng, to strike)
• 俞 shù: acupuncture point

This point is named for its location in the middle of the shoulder. It should be noted that modern sources place this point at the center of an imaginary line drawn between Shoulder Well (GB-21) and Great Hammer (GV-14). See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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