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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.
Point name meaning:
This point is located in a type of depression which is often labeled a pool because qì may collect there, just as water collects in low-lying areas to form pools. At the same time, it may also be considered as a mountain pool from which water flows to the sea, an image that reflects how qì flows down from celestial
is a reference to the point’s location high on the body or near the heart (which governs the body as heaven governs the earth).
It is interesting to note that the names for the first three points on the pericardium channel all relate to water, possibly in part because the channel originates in the often damp area of the armpit. Also,