Name
天髎
- Tian Liao
- Cleft of Heaven
- Celestial Bone
Location
- Midway between GB-21 and SI-13.
- Midway between the spinous process of C7 and the tip of the acromion.
Nature
Meeting point of Yang Linking Vessel and Gall Bladder Channel
Functions
- Shoulder pain, cervical pain, supraclavicular pain, stiffness of the neck
- Difficult respiration, nervousness
- Local point for muscle contracture
Treatment
- Needling: caution against pneumothorax. Needle at 0.3 cun obliquely toward the neck. Pinch the skin