Acupoint+ST-9

** ST9 ** ** • **  **Ren Ying**  •  **Stomach** **9** //Man's Prognosis, Human Meetings or External Sensations.// Meeting Point with the Gall Bladder Channel. Major Window of Sky Point.

= = =Location= Level with the tip of the Adam's apple, just on the course of the carotid artery, on the anterior border of the SCM.

=Point Summary= //Regulates Qi And Blood Benefits the Throat and Neck Alleviates Pain Lowers Rebellion// local neck and throat; BP

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3- 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture perpendicularly

Contraindications:
Avoid common carotid artery

=General Indications=

Functions
regulates blood and qi going to head; benefits the throat; regulates high or low blood pressure; good for hypothyroid

Indications
Blood Pressure

Special Notes
Local

=Diagnostic Indications:= Asthma ** • ** Cough (dry, due to throat irritation) ** • ** Dizziness ** • ** Dyspnea ** • ** Goiter **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Headache **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hypertension **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hypotension **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Neck Nodular Growths **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Skin Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Speech Impaired **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throat Constriction **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throat Soreness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** Acute Bronchitis

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, gallbladder, posterior part of inferior frontal lobe, anterior temporal lobe, tongue, throat, larynx, esophagus. Disperses the vessels. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Vocal cords hoarse; voice which cracks on high notes (vocal cords on the two sides at different tension). Tongue: hypoglossal nerve (tongue, motor function, vasoconstriction of the mucosa). Throat: swelling or abscess. Cough: panting at expiration, cannot breathe out (emphysema), fullness of chest. Lymph nodes. Goiter; Basedow's disease. Cutaneous muscles of neck. = = = =
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