T.11.16

Xin Chang

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心常 (Xīn Cháng) — Heart Constancy

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 1 — Fingers (一一部位) · point 11.16

Traditionally used for

Mood & calm
Pain & joints
Heart & circulation

Location

Two points on the palmar aspect of the middle finger, on the radial side of the midline of the proximal phalanx, at the junctions of its thirds.

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

Body map, front: T.11.16 · Hand — Fig. — T.11.16 · Hand After Albinus, 1747

Bones of the hand, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate — Bones of the hand, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918

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Needling

Depth: 2 fen

Angle: Perpendicular, shallow

Functions

Regulates and calms the Heart

Indications

Palpitations and irregular heartbeatangina and chest tightnessanxiety and panicrheumatic heart disease

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 1 — Fingers (一一部位)

Correspondence: Images the Heart.

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