SP-20 - Encircling Glory

周荣 - Zhōu róng

Point Region: Chest

SP

Spleen Meridian

足太阴脾经 - Zú Tàiyīn Píjīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the front of the chest, in the second space between the ribs, 6 cun out from the midline.

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 second rib: it joins the breastbone at the small ridge across it below the collarbones (the sternal angle). The second rib space is just below that rib
  2. Go two thumb-widths outside the nipple line (the nipple line is 4 cun from the midline)
  3. The point is in the rib space there
SP-20 (Encircling Glory) acupressure point location: On the front of the chest, in the second space between the ribs, 6 cun out from the midline.

How to Apply Pressure

When SP-20 is located, use very light contact and avoid pressing between the ribs. Skip it after chest surgery or during acute breathing problems, which need medical attention rather than acupressure.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Cough
  • Respiratory problems
  • Chest congestion

Related Health Concerns

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Recent chest surgery
  • Severe asthma
  • Acute respiratory distress