CV-21 - Jade Pivot

璇玑 - Xuán jī

Point Region: Chest

CV

Conception Vessel

任脉 - Rèn mài

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the front of the chest, on the midline, 1 cun below the hollow at the base of the throat (the suprasternal fossa). It lies 1 cun below CV-22.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Find the hollow at the base of your throat, above the breastbone
  2. Measure one thumb-width down the midline
  3. The point is there
CV-21 (Jade Pivot) acupressure point location: On the front of the chest, on the midline, 1 cun below the hollow at the base of the throat (the suprasternal fossa).

How to Apply Pressure

From the throat-base hollow, measure one cun down the midline. Use only light, comfortable pressure and do not press deeply into the throat. Do not press with severe throat swelling or after recent neck surgery.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Loss of voice
  • Reflux
  • Throat pain
  • Cough
  • Chest congestion

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Severe throat swelling
  • Recent neck surgery