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SI17

Tianrong

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天容 (Tiānróng) — Celestial Countenance

Small Intestine channel · point 17

Not yet clinically reviewed

Window of Heaven point

Traditionally used for

  • Ears & hearing
  • Nose & throat
  • Cough & breathing
  • Pain & joints

Cautions & contraindications

  • No deep needling
  • Avoid blood vessels

Location

On the lateral side of the neck, in the depression between the angle of the mandible and the anterior border of sternocleidomastoid.

How to locate: Turn the head away against resistance to bring out the front edge of sternocleidomastoid; the point is in the hollow just behind the angle of the mandible, between the angle and that edge.

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

Body map, front: SI17 · Front of neck
Fig. — SI17 · Front of neck After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: SI17 · Front of neck

SI17 · Front of neck · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Insertion — towards the root of the tongue, anterior to the carotid vessels
    Depth 0.5–1 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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 246 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

  • No deep needling
  • Avoid blood vessels
Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun
Angle: Perpendicular
⚠ Cautions: The carotid artery and internal jugular vein lie deep — needle with care and avoid deep insertion.

Functions

  • Benefits the throat, ears and neck
  • Expels wind and disperses accumulations
  • Descends rebellious qi

Indications

Sore throat and difficulty swallowingtinnitus and deafnessswelling of the neck and goitrestiff neckasthma

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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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