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POINT: SJ-16 (SAN JIAO-16)

English: Window of Heaven
Also Known As: Heaven's Window
  • On the lateral side of the neck,directly below the posterior border of the mastoid process on the level of the mandibular angle, and on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
  • On the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, level with the angle of the mandible, approximately 1 cun inferior to GB-12 Wangu.
  • Posterior and inferior to the mastoid process at the posterior at the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, near the hairline.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
  • Window of Heaven point
  • Benefits the head and sense organs
  • Regulates and descends qi
  • Headache
  • Neck rigidity
  • Facial swelling
  • Blurred vision
  • Sudden deafness
  • Loss of sense of smell
  • Stuffy nose
  • Confused dreaming
  • Stiffness and pain of the neck with inability to turn the head
  • Swelling of the supraclavicular fossa
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Sore eyes
  • Excessive dreaming
  • Impaired hearing
  • Dimness of vision
  • Pain of the eyes with inability to see
  • Lacrimation
  • Rhinitis with nosebleed
  • Wind dizziness
  • Head Wind
  • Swelling of the submandibular region
  • Throat Bi
  • Scrofula
  • Breast swelling
  • Malaria
  • Sore throat
  • Constricted throat

SJ-9
Sidu

UB-22
Fengmen

UB-60
Kunlun
SJ-1
Guanchong

REN-4
Guanyuan

UB-45 (needle first)
Yixi

GB-20
Fengchi

Sudden deafness

Wind dizziness

Headache

Swelling of the face

DU-26
Renzhong

UB-15
Xinshu

ST-12
Quepen
DU-11
Shendao
UB-11
Dazhu

REN-22
Tiantu
ST-28
Shuidao
LI-16
Jugu

Nasal discharge with inability to distinguish the fragrant from the foul

Lacrimation

Pain of the shoulder and back

SI-3
Houxi

GB-12
Wangu
SI-2
Qiangu

SI-19
Tinggong
SJ-2
Yemen

Stiffness of the neck with inability to turn the head

Tired throat

Swelling of the neck with inability to turn the head

Swelling of the cheek that radiates to the ear

Deafness

SJ-17
Yifeng
LI-4
Hegu

 

 

Sore throat

 

 

  • This point, along with the other Window of Heaven points, is able to regulate and balance the Qi between the head and body.
  • It is used for inversion Qi (chaotic and rebellious Qi rushing to the head).