BL7

Tongtian

Star

通天 (Tōngtiān) — Celestial Connection

Bladder channel · point 7

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Headaches
Dizziness
Nose & throat
Nerves & recovery

Location

On the head, 4 cun within the anterior hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline.

How to locate: Locate GV20 where the midline meets the line joining the apices of the ears, then go 1 cun forward and 1.5 cun lateral.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, back: BL7 · Head & face — Fig. — BL7 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate — The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Transverse insertion

Depth 0.5–1 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 261 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun

Angle: Transverse

Functions

Opens the nasal passages
Clears the head and expels wind

Indications

Chronic nasal congestion, nasal polyps and sinusitisloss of the sense of smellheadache and dizzinessfacial paralysis

Clinical Notes

The most useful of the Bladder scalp points for chronic nasal obstruction and polyps.

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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