PC 9 — Zhōng Chōng (中冲) — Middle Rushing
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1. Overview
PC 9 — Zhōng Chōng (中冲) — is the Jing-Well and Wood point of the Pericardium meridian and its terminal point. It is one of the principal emergency-revival points in acupuncture, used in collapse, heat stroke and loss of consciousness.
I am Dr (TCM) Attilio D’Alberto, a member of the British Acupuncture Council with over 25 years of clinical experience. I use PC 9 as part of individually tailored acupuncture prescriptions at my clinic in Wokingham, Berkshire.
2. Location
In the centre of the tip of the middle finger.
3. Actions
- Restores consciousness and revives Yang
- Clears the Heart and pacifies the Shen
- Clears Heat and reduces fever
4. Indications
- Loss of consciousness and collapse
- Heat stroke and high fever
- Wind-stroke with locked jaw and inability to swallow
- Severe palpitations with anxiety
- Acute angina-style chest pain (emergency adjunct)
- Tongue stiffness following stroke
- Mental restlessness and delirium
5. Needling
Shallow perpendicular insertion 0.1 cun, or prick to bleed with a three-edged needle. Bleeding is the classical technique for revival and Heat-clearing.
6. Clinical notes
PC 9 is one of the 12 Jing-Well points used in the classical “bleed the 12 wells” emergency technique for stroke and loss of consciousness. In modern clinic settings I rarely need it in true emergencies (which go to A&E), but I do use PC 9 for chronic palpitations with marked anxiety, for tongue weakness in stroke rehabilitation and as an adjunctive Heart-clearing point in severe insomnia.
7. Treatment at my clinic
I use PC 9 within tailored prescriptions for post-stroke tongue weakness and recovery, severe palpitations and chronic insomnia with Heart-Fire features. Book a consultation in Wokingham, Berkshire.
