Name
肩井
- Jian Jing
- Shoulder Well
Location
Midway between the seventh cervical vertebra (GV-14) and the tip of the acromion, at the highest point of the trapezius muscle
Nature
- Crossing point with Triple Burner and Stomach
- Point on Yang Linking Vessel
Actions
- For energy to circulate everywhere. Promotes descending of energy to control Rebellious Qi: cough, cold hands and feet.
- Contraindicated in pregnancy, promotes childbirth and expulsion of the placenta
- Back pain, head, teeth, migraines, supraciliary pain, shoulder, arm, neck stiffness
- Downward pain: leg tension, poor circulation
- Cough with suffocation combine with ST-36. The 21 GB descends and the ST-36 centers the energy.
- Eliminates Phlegm from neck and throat: lymph nodes, adenopathy, goiter, lumps in neck
- Eliminates Phlegm obstructing chest and breasts. Women with lactation problems: mastitis, chest pain, lumps in chest. ST-21 + 21 GB + SI-1
- Rheumatoid arthritis: moxibustion
Comments
If this point is blocked, all energy is blocked.
Caution in pregnancy: can cause miscarriage. This point facilitates childbirth and helps produce milk.
- Women: shoulder problem: Gall Bladder (tension)
- Men: with lower back pain problem: Kidney
Treatment
- Needling: Risk of pneumothorax. Needle toward the scapula, do not penetrate deeply toward the lung! 0.3 - 0.5 cun
- Moxibustion