Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Channel
Element
English
Shoulder Well
Name
肩井
Transliteration
Jianjing
Description
Meeting point with SJ, St and the Yang Wei Mai
Indications
qi GB channel pain phlegm nodules breasts and delivery
Kinesiology
neck and shoulders pain speeds delivery in childbirth breast phlegm in neck region to descend qi combine with St 36
Channel Psychology
Yang Wei Mai: I have the courage to choose to live my intended destiny/ spirit path.
SJ: Other people give me no choice. I need to put others first before I make choices for myself.
St: I am content with my choices.
Point Psychology
worry and anxiety anger frustration resentment or depression in relation to breast conditions mania depression
Key Spirit Point Themes
Shoulder burden
Physical Conditions
Symptoms
Stiffness and pain of the neck, pain of the shoulder and back, inability to raise the hand and arm, paralysis of one side of body, loss of speech, lumbar pain, cough and short breath, imbalance of qi in upper half of body, mania-depression, redness of the face, scrofula, goitre, numbness, pain, weakness, spasm, swelling, heat sensation of leg and feet, pain of the spleen, difficult or prolonged labor, retention of the placenta, uterine bleeding, breast pain, breast abscess, lack of breast milk, boils and carbuncles.
The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.