Search in acupoints
ST-9 Man’s Prognosis
人迎 〔人迎〕 rén yíng
Alternate names: 天五会 tiān wǔ huì, Celestial Fivefold Confluence; 五会 wǔ huì, Fivefold Confluence
Channel: ST, foot yáng brightness (yáng míng) stomach channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the anterior aspect of the neck, level with the laryngeal prominence (adam's apple), at the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid (scm) muscle.
Classical location: At the major pulsating vessel of the neck, one cùn and five fēn to the side of the laryngeal prominence (Adam’s apple). The point is found in supine posture. From
Local anatomy: The superior thyroid artery, the anterior jugular vein; laterally, the internal jugular vein; on the bifurcation of the internal and the external carotid artery. Superficially, the cutaneous cervical nerve, the cervical branch of the facial nerve; deeper, the sympathetic trunk; laterally, the ascending branch of the hypoglossal and vagus nerves.
Action: Frees the channels and network vessels; regulates qì and the blood; clears heat and calms panting.
Modern indications: Painful swollen throat; panting; scrofula; goiter;
Classical indications: Cough; pain, fullness, or oppression in the chest; panting; goiter; scrofula; vomiting and hiccup; headache; heat effusion; tinnitus; lumbar pain.
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. To avoid the artery, push it towards the sternocleidomastoid muscle (m. sternocleidomastoideus) with the thumb and index finger of the left hand.
Point name meaning:
The name stresses the point’s function of receiving the qì of the five viscera (气所迎会 qì suǒ yíng huì).
Another association comes from the expression 迎日推策 (yíng rì tuī cè), which literally translates as to receive the days and predict events,
and is used to describe a type of astrological prediction. The use of the character 迎 yíng in this point name may therefore imply that palpation of receiving
(迎 yíng) the pulse, one can predict the patient’s (人 rén) outcome. See