Shanzhong _ Conception Vessel _ Acupoint CV17

huyệt đản trung, đản trung, chiên trung, dan trung, chien trung, shanzhong, middle of the chest, 膻中, shān zhōng, dan jung, 단중, dan chū, nhâm mạch, conception vessel, vaisseau conception, 任脉穴, 任脈,

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Shanzhong _ Conception Vessel _ Acupoint CV17

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NAMES – MERIDIAN:

Shanzhong – Conception Vessel
Huyệt Đản trung (Chiên trung) – Nhâm mạch
Middle of the Chest – Vaisseau conception
膻中, shān zhōng – 任脉穴; 任脈
dan jung 단중, dan chū – Ren

This is the 17th acupoint design of the Vaisseau

Other Vietnamese names: Dan Trung, Chien Trung, Nguyen Kien, Hung Duong etc.

Abbreviated in English : CV17

THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS:

Dispels inversions, regulates qi, eliminates phlegm, clears the lungs, clears the chest…

INDICATIONS :

Treat chest pain, pericarditis, or intercostal neuralgia
Treat breathing difficulties, recurrent asthma attacks
Strengthen the body’s immunity, reduce stress and fatigue, etc.

ASSOCIATIONS :

Moxibustion Shanzhong CV17, He Gu acupoint LI4 and Shaoze acupoint SI1 (helping stimulation) treatment of milk deficiency.
Combined with Baihui acupoint DU20, Qihai acupoint CV6 and Renzhong acupoint DU26 treat cold limbs, excessive sweating, weakness… in severe stage of typhoid fever
Combined with Zhigou acupoint TE6, Daling acupoint PC7 and Feishu acupoint BL13 is used for the treatment of acute and rapidly progressing lung infections causing damage to new fluid and blood gases.
Combined with Zhigou acupoint TE6, Qihai acupoint CV6, Rugen acupoint ST18, Zhongwan acupoint CV12 and Zusanli acupoint ST36 for hematemesis.
Combined with Gongsun SP4 acupoint, Fenglong ST40 acupoint and Trung Khoi acupoint (Extra acupoint) treats vomiting and phlegm.
Combined with Daling acupoint PC7 and Zhongwan CV12 acupoint for cough and belching.
Combined with Daling acupoint PC7, Qimen acupoint LV14 and Laogong acupoint PC8 treat typhoid but hip and flank pain.
Combined with Dinh Suyen acupoint (New acupoint), Neiguan acupoint PC6 and Tiantu acupoint CV22 asthma treatment.
Combined with Shufu acupoint KD27, Daling acupoint PC7, Shaoze acupoint SI1 and Weizhong acupoint BL40 for acute purulent mastitis.
Combined with Shufu KD27 acupoint, Lieque acupoint LU7, He Gu acupoint LI4, Quepen acupoint ST12, Futu acupoint LI18, Shixuan acupoint (Extra points), Tiantu acupoint CV22 and the Tianchuang SI16 acupuncture point for goiter treatment.
Combined with Shufu acupoint KD27, Feishu acupoint BL13, Tiantu acupoint CV22 and Zusanli acupoint ST36 for cough and asthma.
Combined with the Huagai acupoint CV20 treats shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, difficulty speaking.
Combined with Huagai CV20 acupoint, Tiantu acupoint CV22 for cough and asthma.
Combined with He Gu acupoint LI4 and Quchi acupoint LI11 treats inflammatory mammary glands.
Combined with Qihai acupoint CV6 and Zusanli acupoint ST36 treats sore throat without swelling, but when swallowing, it feels like there is an obstacle, can’t spit up, can’t swallow.
Combined with Qimen acupoint LV14 and Zhongwan acupoint CV12 treats reversed qi that travels up the throat.
Combined with Lieque acupoint LU7, Feishu acupoint BL13 and Chize acupoint LU5 for asthma.
Combined with the Rugen acupoint ST18 and the Shaoze acupoint SI1 treats milk deficiency.
Combined with the Rugen acupoint ST18 and the Shaoze acupoint SI1 for the treatment of acute mastitis.
Combined with Rugen acupoint ST18, Shaoze acupoint SI1 and Zusanli acupoint ST36 treat milk deficiency.
Combined with Tianjing acupoint TE10 treats chest pain, heart numbness.

References:

Many documents of traditional medicine of China and Vietnam

TECHNICAL NOTES :

A needle is inserted under the skin, directed to Huagai CV20 acupoint to treat asthma, slanted to the sides to treat breast disease, 0.3 – 1.5 cun deep.
Moxibustion 5 – 20 minutes.