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T.VT.02

Shui Xiang Chest

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水相胸 (Shuǐ Xiāng) — Water Minister (Chest)

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 11 — Chest and Abdomen (前胸部位) · point VT.02

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

  • Cough & breathing

Cautions & contraindications

  • No deep needling

Location

On the chest, in the second intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.

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

Body map, front: T.VT.02 · Chest
Fig. — T.VT.02 · Chest After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: T.VT.02 · Chest

T.VT.02 · Chest · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

The thorax, from in front — Gray's Anatomy plate
The thorax, from in front Gray's Anatomy, 1918
The thorax, from in front — Gray's Anatomy plate

The thorax, from in front · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

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Needling

  • No deep needling
Depth: 0.2–0.3 cun
Angle: Transverse
⚠ Cautions: Do not needle perpendicularly or deeply — pneumothorax risk.

Functions

  • Descends rebellious qi and unbinds the chest

Indications

Asthma and coughchest oppression

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 11 — Chest and Abdomen (前胸部位)

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