Acupoint+SI-17+(Tian+Rong)

**Tian Rong** • **Small Intestine 17** **• 6.17.123** //Celestial Counternance, Heavenly Appearance, Heaven's Reception.// Minor Window of the Sky Point. = = =Location= Posterior to the angle of the mandible, in the depression on the anterior border of the SCM.

=Point Summary= //Benefits The Neck And Throat, Lowers Rebellious Qi, Benefits the Ears, Reduces Swelling// Local Point

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 0.7 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
Local

Indications
difficulty hearing; difficulty swallowing; sometimes goiter; tonsillitis

Special Notes
Window of sky point

=Diagnostic Indications:= Asthma **•** Deafness **•** Facial Edema **•** Goiter **•** Throat Infections **•** Throat Pain **•** Throat Soreness **•** Tinnitus **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the small intestine, respiratory passages, inferior occipital lobes, opposite lateral side of eye on same side, throat, larynx. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Throat irritated "like brambles," cannot speak without panting or cough; coldness, fever, chest full, cannot breath. Teeth: loose incisors, caries and pain of the incisors, swollen gums. Swollen tongue (abscess of the lower face?). Saliva, attacks of vomiting. Ears: buzzing? deafness? Awakens response in points commanding the blood: //gaohuangshu// (BL-43) and //geshu// (BL-17). Tumors? (adenitis?). Lateral neck swollen, pain, itching, abscess, tumors of the tongue, lower face. Chest and back: contraction at the level of the scapula Spinal nerves.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= A wonderful window to open to allow the official to separate the pure from the impure in the mind and spirit. Someone may appear physically fine with this separation process, but you may see tremendous confusion or pollution on a mental or spiritual level. **Enhances, clears out, and clarifies the mind, body and spirit. Helps one to see that they are not on their own anymore**. Takes one to a different place, to where they can see and do something with it. Bridges the official into unity and oneness. Empowers the patient to move on. If **used with SI-16, the heavens may truly appear to the patient, or one may get a glimpse of their own soul and knowledge that there is indeed a god**. [JRW]

This is a Window of the Sky Point. It is somewhat **stronger than SI-16. Rather than merely providing a glimpse through a window, this point makes the decree to heaven manifest**. [LJ]

The Presence of Heaven. Brings one to a place of understanding. Brings heaven and earth into unity. The **alchemy of the trinity: 123**. [ALHIM]