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TW-10: VI-10: tian jing
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definition

tian jing = celestial well; heavenly well
He Sea Upper Uniting, Dispersion and Earth point of the Hand Xiao Yang (Triple Warmer) channel
location: With the elbow slightly flexed, 1 cun superior to the olecranon, in the depression beneath the tendon of the triceps muscle.
actions: dispels Wind and clears Heat; pacifies the Shen and Heart; clears the Brain; regulates Qi circulation of the Triple Warmer; dissolves Phlegm and transforms Phlegm-Damp in the channels and collateral vessels; sedates cough; expands and relaxes the chest; descends Rebellious Qi; softens hard masses
indications: insanity; hysteria; depression; anxiety; somnolence; epilepsy; tidal fever; migraine or unilateral headache; deafness; partial hearing loss; pain behind ear; eye pain; swelling and inflammation of lateral canthus; jaw swollen and painful; difficulty speaking; tonsillitis; throat blockage; cervical adenitis; scrofula; goiter; lack of appetite; cough, esp. with purulent sputum or blood; bronchitis; cardiac pain; pain in the lateral costal region; chest and hypochondriac fullness and pain; low back pain; unable lie down; pain in neck, shoulder, elbow and arm; elbow injuries with pain and stiffness; diseases of the soft tissues of the elbow; unable to grasp objects; upper body edema; urticaria; excessive sweating
needle technique: perpendicular insertion, 0.5 - 1.0 cun, producing a local sensation of soreness and distension usually spreading proximally over the shoulder or distally to the hand
moxa: 3 - 7 cones of direct moxa; 5 - 15 minutes of indirect moxa with a pole
combinations:
» with LI-11 threaded to Ht-3 for diseases of the elbow joint (Shanghai, p. 234);
» with SI-8 for scrofulous lumps (Ellis, et al, 1988, p. 286);
» with Ht-3 for nodular growths in the neck (Shanghai, p. 234).;
» with Ht-3 (3 - 7 cones of direct moxa), zhou jian, bai lao and ashi (tender) points to treat swollen nodes in the neck (Flaws, 1989, p. 96)


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