Acupuncture Points on the Large Intestine Channel of Hand Yang Ming
- Point of the Window of Heaven
Benefits the throat and voiceAlleviates cough and wheezing
Cough, asthma, sore throat, sudden loss of voice, scrofula, goiter.
Where is LI-18 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 118): On the lateral side of the neck, level with the tip of the laryngeal prominence, between the sternal and clavicular heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 144): On the lateral side of the neck, level with the tip of Adam's apple, between the sternal head and clavicular head of m. sternocleidomastoideus.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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