Acupoint+PC-9+(Zhong+Chong)

** PC9 ** ** • **  **Zhong Chong**  •  **Pericardium** **9**  Central Hub. Jing Well Point on the Pericardium Channel. Wood Point on Fire Meridian. = = =Location= In the center of the tip of the middle finger.

=Point Summary= //Clears Heat From The Pericardium Clears the Heart Clears Summer Heat Revives Consciousness Benefits the Tongue//

=Needling=

Depth:
0.1 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
clears HT heat; revives yang from collapse; revives consciousness

Indications
shock; apoplectic coma; main jing well point for returning consciousness

Special Notes
None

=Diagnostic Indications:= Cardiac Pain ** • ** Fever ** • ** Headache ** • ** Loss Of Consciousness ** • ** Palm Heat **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seizures **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shock **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stiff Tongue **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tinnitus **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Windstroke **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • **

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the vessels, kidney filtration, heart, conception vessel (lower third, superficial pulse), opposite side of the tongue, opposite inner cheek, opposite eye, temporal-parietal lobes, automaton-parrot, axilla Disperses the Stomach, gallbladder Dispersing acts in opposite way. Memory tired, inadequate; anxiety, irrational fears; malaise at night or in darkness; children fear or weeping in the night or darkness Vessels: hypertension, or hypotension Heart: pain or agitation, fullness, inflammation, myocarditis, endocarditis, sudden pains with pain in the upper limb (angina of the chest), fullness of chest, red face. Fever w/out sweat, body burning like fire, hot palms, agitation. Kidney filtration: abundant urine: tonify; insufficient: disperse. Opposite eye. Children cannot see at dusk Stomach, bladder Stiff tongue; inner cheek: rapidly spreading ulcers (with [TW-1]) Axilla: swelling, pain (lymph nodes, adenitis) Upper limb: pain, can neither extend nor flex it, hand contracted; anterior elbow: contracture
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= A strength that will march on and revitalize the patient. , it will revitalize the middle of the person. Brings heat, light and warmth to the Blood, **rekindles and awakens the fire as more wood is fed to it**. Gives a sense of vital impetuosity, direct route to the middle of ourselves Make sure there's enough wood, that you want a bigger fire. **Sometimes putting fuel on a fire puts it out!** **It may be necessary to poke the fire with PC-7 and PC-8 beforehand. Helps people who have difficulty in expressing themselves, connects the mother with the child.**; helps to calm the patient, they will be fed and nourished. Uncontrolled sexual habits, desires intimacy but still disconnected from the heart. Restore consciousness, when the mind is disconnected from the body; fainting, epileptic fits. A lack of wood - poor coordination between mind and body, lack of blood, poor distribution of blood circulation, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, hypotension. Too much wood - hypertension as a hot and burning body and rigid tongue. No perspiration at all can guide us to this point. Hands hot or cold, cerebral congestion. Gives fullness and movement to the low abdomen [JRW]

As the wood point, PC-9 may bring vision to the hearts of those who feel lost in relation to intimacy. A person may exhaust his or er heart and mind without finding fulfillment in relationship. This point empowers the resilience and self-esteem of wood to a despairing heart that has suffered many violations. I often needle this point in conjunction with **LR-1 in order to integrate the function of discernment and self-esteem (wood) with intuition (fire)**. [LJ]

Restores consciousness of oneself, one's creative power; increases the power ad resilience of the Heart. Reawaken the patient's sense of self, building fire with wood. **Build's self-esteem**; **loss of vision; unable to discern what can be done; desperation**. Memory tired, inadequate, anxiety; irrational fears; malaise at night or in darkness;nightmares. Brings heat, warmth and light to the Blood, a pathway to new possibilities. Wood is an integral aspect of who and what we are, our personal sense of self [ALHIM]


 * Governs the flow of energy toward the center**

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