Master Tung’s Acupuncture Point San Jian 【三肩】 For Frozen Shoulder

Acupuncture has a great effect on Shoulder pain including Frozen shoulder.

Common risk factors for frozen shoulder

Frozen shoulder, commonly affects women between 40-60 years old. Usually one sided.
1. Age above 40
2. 70% of people are women
3. Trauma or local surgery can lead to immobility and may cause stiffness
4. Diabetes: 10-20% of people develop frozen shoulder.

For immediate recovery remember to use master Tung’s acupuncture point: San Jian 三肩穴 , Three shoulder point.

San Jian master Tung’s point location: on the dorsal side of first metacarpal bone. Divide the length into 3 parts.

San Jian acupuncture point functions:

1. Used often for frozen shoulder mainly involving lung- large intestine meridians, cervical spondylosis, neck pain, dizziness.
2. For facial disorders such: tooth pain, TMJ / mandible pain, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, tinitus, otitis media.
Needle all three points on the opposite side of the problem.

Major combination:

For shoulder and neck pain: San Jian with 22.04 (Da bai), 22.03 (Shang bai).

For cervical spondylosis, frozen shoulder: San Jian and 11.12 (Er Jiao Ming).

For facial paralysis: San Jian, 22.05 (Ling gu), 22.04 (Da Bai) and 77.22 (Ce san li), 77.23 (Ce Xia San li).

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