T.22.01

Chong Zi

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重子 (Chóng Zǐ) — Layered Child

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 2 — Palm and Hand (二二部位) · point 22.01

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Cough & breathing
Pain & joints
Heart & circulation

Location

On the palm, on the radial side of the first metacarpal bone, 1 cun distal to the wrist crease, in the thenar muscle.

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

Body map, front: T.22.01 · Hand — Fig. — T.22.01 · Hand After Albinus, 1747

Bones of the hand, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate — Bones of the hand, dorsal 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

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Descends Lung qi and relieves cough
Relieves pain of the back and scapula

Indications

Upper back and scapular paincough, asthma and bronchitisshoulder painpneumonia and chest paindifficulty breathing

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 2 — Palm and Hand (二二部位)

Correspondence: Images the Lung and, through the hand-to-back correspondence, the scapular region.

Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.22.02

Clinical Notes

Needled with Chong Xian as a two-needle Dao Ma. The pair is among the most reliable distal combinations in the whole system for upper-back and scapular pain, and is usually needled on the side opposite the pain.

Combinations Using This Point

Chong Zi and Chong Xian

Two points in the thenar eminence of the opposite hand — the Tung system's answer to scapular and upper back pain.

Similar Points

Chong Xian how are these connected?

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