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Ren 22 |
 Chinese Name:
Tiantu (English translation: Celestial Prominence)Location: On the anterior median line of the neck, in the center of the suprasternal fossa. Indications:
Functions: Subdues rebellious Lung Qi, benefits the throat, resolves Phlegm, stops cough. Needling:
First, puncture perpendicularly 0.2 cun, then insert the needle tip downwards
along the posterior aspect of the sternum 1.0 - 1.5 cun.
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