T.1010.19

Shui Tong

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水通 (Shuǐ Tōng) — Water Passage

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 10 — Head and Face (十十部位) · point 1010.19

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Cough & breathing
Pain & joints
Energy & fatigue

Location

On the face, 4 fen lateral to the corner of the mouth, on the lower jaw.

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

Body map, front: T.1010.19 · Head & face — Fig. — T.1010.19 · 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 on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Depth: 0.2–0.3 cun, threaded toward the jaw

Angle: Transverse, directed toward the mandible

Functions

Tonifies the Kidney and strengthens the lower back
Aids the Kidney in grasping the qi

Indications

Low back pain and weakness — a primary indicationasthma and shortness of breath of the deficient typekidney disordersfatiguedry mouth

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 10 — Head and Face (十十部位)

Correspondence: Images the Kidney — the lower face corresponds to the Kidney and the lower back.

Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.1010.20

Clinical Notes

Needled with Shui Jin as a two-needle Dao Ma. A striking example of Tung's imaging: a facial point that treats the lower back and the Kidney's grasping of breath.

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