PC2

Tianquan

Star

天泉 (Tiānquán) — Celestial Spring

Pericardium channel · point 2

Traditionally used for

Cough & breathing
Mood & calm
Pain & joints
Heart & circulation

Location

On the anterior aspect of the upper arm, 2 cun below the anterior axillary fold, between the long and short heads of biceps brachii.

How to locate: Rotate the arm slightly outward, or have the patient flex the elbow against resistance, to define biceps brachii; the point is in the groove between its two heads, 2 cun below the upper end of the anterior axillary fold.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: PC2 · Upper arm — Fig. — PC2 · Upper arm After Albinus, 1747

The humerus — Gray's Anatomy plate — The humerus Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Oblique insertion — distally or proximally along the line of the channel

Depth 1–1.5 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 371 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Unbinds the chest and regulates the Heart
Nourishes and invigorates the blood
Calms the spirit
Activates the channel and relieves arm pain

Indications

Cardiac pain and palpitationschest and hypochondriac paincoughpain of the medial arm and shoulder

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, PC2 at the upper arm balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

1. Same Chinese name

Liver channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Liver channel →
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)

Stomach channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Stomach channel →
3. Interior–exterior pair

Triple Energiser channel

Upper arm · Same segment, opposite side
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Triple Energiser channel →
4. Chinese clock opposite

Stomach channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Stomach channel →
5. Chinese clock neighbour

Kidney channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Kidney channel →
6. Same channel

Pericardium channel

Upper arm · Same segment, opposite side
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Pericardium channel →

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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