Acupoint+SI-11+(Tian+Zong)

**Tian Zong** • **Small Intestine 11** **• 6.11.117** //Celestial Gathering, Heavenly Ancestor, Heaven's Worship.// = = =Location= In the infrascapular fossa, at the junction of the upper and middle third of the distance between the lower border of the scapular spine and the inferior angle of the scapula.

=Point Summary= //Activates The Channel, Moves Qi, Benefits the Breasts, Unbinds the Chest, Benefits the Lateral Costal Region, Alleviates Pain// important local point to clear channels and decrease swelling and pain; secondary breast point

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
facilitates lactation; important local point to clear channels and decrease swelling and pain

Indications
pain in the shoulder; insufficient lactation

Special Notes
with SI-1 for insufficient lactation

=Diagnostic Indications:= Arm Pain **•** Asthma **•** Chest Discomfort **•** Elbow Problems **•** Facial Edema **•** Jaw Disorders **•** Mastitis **•** Rib Fullness **•** Scapular Pain **•** Shoulder Pain **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the small intestine, large intestine, stomach, lateral neck, upper shoulder extremity (circumflex?); jaw, same side. Disperses the liver Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Jaw and chin: swelling, same side. Lateral side of neck and superior shoulder and extremity of the shoulder (circumflex nerve?) all the muscles, (trapezius, deltoid); cannot lift the arm or turn it backward: disperse. Disperse infraspinatus, teres major (which pulls the arm down) with the latissimus dorsi.
 * When tonified**:
 * Parts of the Body:**

=Psycho-Spiritual Components= The **strongest point on the small intestine meridian**, for people who have an **inability to sort, their mind is clogged up. When you want to cleanse out the mind, clear chaos and mental confusion, this point will do that and bring tranquility.** One of the deepest reaching points on the small intestine to cleanse the body, mind and spirit. **Puts one in touch with their “elders and betters” who have dealt with problems in the past and know all about them, brings in a great source of wisdom**. Helps someone to sort out problems in the past and know all about them, brings in a great source of wisdom. Helps someone to sort out problems when one cannot cope with having a window opened. Powerful at the spirit level, when one has trouble with separation. **Similar to SI-6, but more powerful – amazing when these points are used together.** A good point for small intestine imbalance induced form tensions, tiredness, mental fatigue, draws from a deeper source of energy. [JRW]

In Zhuang-zi, the ancestor of the human race is represented as emperor HunTun, which may be translated as chaos. In a world born of chaos, human life is often a struggle for meaning. People grasp at concepts for meaning as one caught in a whirlpool may hold momentarily onto a passing branch. The stability afforded by belief is fleeting, as concepts are continually swept away by the flood of the Dao’s rising waters. The sage’s journey into the heart is one of aiming toward, but never fully arriving at the destination. **Wisdom emerges when one has finally made peace with one’s fundamental inability to know.** **Tian Zong brings the wisdom of the heavenly ancestor to the sorting process. In the chaotic unity of heaven, all is one and there is nothing to sort out. For a patient who is troubled in the process of sorting, this point may empower the emergence of the heart’s wisdom**. [LJ]

Wizardry. **To make peace with problems which can never be resolved**. For moving through acceptance into discrimination. The “Old Alchemist**.” A source of mature wisdom, for sorting out the truth from the deception (in experience).** When working with the other meridians there can be a detoxification reaction which places a demand on the small intestine. Here you can call on a wise elder to help this process through. **Provides slow steady positive change, not immediate dramatic change. Useful with most people when treating the bladder points on the back.** See the emerald tablet of Hermes, the source of western Hermetic philosophy and alchemy: “…separate the earth by fire: the fine from the gross, gently and with great skill. It rises from earth to heaven, and then it descends again to the earth, and receives power from above and below. Thus you will have the glory of the whole world. All obscurity will be clear to you…” [ALHIM]