PC9 (Zhōngchōng, “Middle Rushing”) is the Jing-Well point of the Pericardium Channel Meridian. It is located on the palmar aspect of the middle finger, in the center of the tip, approximately 0.1 cun proximal to the nail bed. It clears heat from the Pericardium, revives consciousness, opens the orifices, and pacifies wind.
On the palmar aspect of the middle finger, in the center of the tip, approximately 0.1 cun proximal to the nail bed.
Prick to bleed, or needle shallowly 0.1 cun, perpendicular insertion.
Clears heat from the Pericardium, revives consciousness, opens the orifices, and pacifies wind.
Heat in the hands from wind, loss of will , heart pain, red eyes, fullness in the chest and ribs, elbow contracture, sudden severe heart pain, stiffness at the back of the head, heat disease, vexation and oppression, absence of sweating, heat in the palms, body feeling like fire, tongue stiffness, wind-stroke with loss of consciousness, tetanus.
As the Jing-Well point of the Pericardium channel, Zhongchong is a primary point for reviving consciousness and clearing heat from the Heart and Pericardium. It is classically used for high fever, coma, delirium, and convulsions, especially in cases of wind-stroke or tetanus. Pricking to bleed is a common method for these acute, excess conditions to quickly vent heat and restore the senses.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷八 · Source: Wikisource ↗
中衝 手中指端，去爪甲如韭葉陷中，心包絡脈所出，為井木，心包絡虛，補之。 銅人針一分，留三呼According to this text, PC9 lies in a depression at the tip of the middle finger, a leek-leaf's width from the nail, where the pericardium vessel emerges, as the jing-well wood point, to be tonified when the pericardium is deficient; the Tongren gives 1 fen needling retained three breaths.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷03 · Source: Wikisource ↗
中沖者，木也。 在手中指之端，去爪甲角如韭葉陷者中，手心主脈之所出，為井。 刺入一分，留三呼，灸一壯According to this text, PC9 is the wood point at the tip of the middle finger, in a depression a leek-leaf's width from the nail corner, where the hand Xinzhu vessel emerges, as the jing-well point; it is needled 1 fen, retained three breaths, with 1 moxa cone.
《備急千金要方》 Bèijí Qiānjīn Yàofāng — Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies, c. 650 · 第二 · Source: Wikisource ↗
妊娠三月，手心主脈養，不可針灸其經（如中沖、勞宮、大陵、內關、間使The text records that in the third month of pregnancy the hand Xinzhu vessel nourishes the fetus, so its channel must not be needled or moxibusted, naming points such as PC9, Laogong, Daling, Neiguan and Jianshi.
PC9 is one of 9 points on the Pericardium Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
PC9 (Zhōngchōng) is located on the palmar aspect of the middle finger, in the center of the tip, approximately 0.1 cun proximal to the nail bed.
PC9 clears heat from the Pericardium, revives consciousness, opens the orifices, and pacifies wind. Common clinical indications include heat in the hands from wind, loss of will , heart pain, red eyes, fullness in the chest and ribs, elbow contracture, sudden severe heart pain, stiffness at the back of the head, heat disease, vexation and oppression, absence of sweating, heat in the palms, body feeling like fire, tongue stiffness, wind-stroke with loss of consciousness, tetanus.
Prick to bleed, or needle shallowly 0.1 cun, perpendicular insertion.
PC9 is a point on the Pericardium Channel Meridian (Xīnbāo Jīng).