SI 15 Acupuncture Point (Jianzhongshu) Location,Benefit

SI 15 Acupuncture Point(Jianzhongshu) belongs to the Small Intestine Meridian of hand-taiyang, which can relieve vision loss, cough, asthma, shoulder and back pain, etc.

Location of SI 15 Acupuncture Point

2 cun lateral to the spinous process of C7 (GV 14).

JianZhongshu acupoint

What is the meaning of Jianzhongshu

JianZhongshu:Jian,refers to the point is located at the scapula. “Zhong” refers to the middle point of the shoulder and spine. “shu”, export. The name of JianZhongshu means that the high-temperature,dampness-qi in the chest is transferred to the small intestine channel from this point. This acupuncture point is located in the middle of the shoulder and spine, and the inside is the chest cavity. Because of this point has ground pores that communicate with the chest cavity, the hot water-qi in the chest cavity is transferred to the small intestine meridian from this point, hence the name.

What is SI 15 Acupuncture Point used for

Asthma, cough, coughing up of blood (hemoptysis).

Local point for shoulder, neck and/or upper back pain.  

SI 15 Acupuncture Point Therapy

Massage Therapy

Use your thumb to press and rub JianZhongshu acupoint for 100 to 200 times. It can relieve and treat strong neck pain if long-term massage.

Moxibustion therapy

Mild moxibustion with moxa sticks to treat the Jianzhongshu point for 5-20 minutes, once a day, it can relieve cough and asthma.

Gua Sha Therapy

Scrape the Jianzhongshu point, once a day, it can relieve the neck pain.

Acupoint Compatibility

Combined with Jianpi and Waiguan points to relieve and treat shoulder and back pain;

Combined with Dazhu point to relieve and treat shoulder and back pain;

Combined with HeGu, Bingfeng,Zhongfu points, Neiguan points, and Houxi points to relieve and treat frozen shoulder.

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