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Xinshe (Ex-HN23)

Location

On the neck, between C3 and C4, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline, below Fengchi (GB 20).

Indications
  • All types of neck, shoulder and scapular pain involving the soft tissue, nerves or the bones
  • Bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, cough, asthma
  • Headache, dizziness, insomnia, hysteria, mental diseases, nervous disorders, opisthotonus
  • Palpitation, hypertension, deafness, tinnitus
  • Lymphatic swelling, sore throat, arched back and neck
Applications
  • Dispels wind pathogen, benefits the neck.
Techniques

Perpendicular needling 0.3-0.8 cun. Moxa for 5-15 minutes.

Remarks

This point is also known as Xinshi 新识、Xiafengchi下风池. Many references indicate that it is the same point Anmian (Ex-HN16). The point location on this page reference Baidu's point description https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%96%B0%E8%AE%BE%E7%A9%B4/20379263