SHANGTIANZHU

ACUPUNCTURE SHANGTIANZHU 13°

NAME

LOCATION

0.5 cun superior to UB-10 Tianzhu

NEEDLING

COMMAND FUNCTIONS

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
Caution: Do not point the needle upward where
it might puncture the medulla oblongata.

ACTIONS

INDICATIONS

Hyperthyroidism
Goiter

COMBINATIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

NOTES

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