T.88.01

Tong Guan

Star

通關 (Tōng Guān) — Penetrating the Pass

Master Tung's Extraordinary Points · Zone 8 — Thigh (八八部位) · point 88.01

Not yet clinically reviewed

Traditionally used for

Dizziness
Cough & breathing
Digestion
Mood & calm
Pain & joints
Heart & circulation

Location

On the anterior thigh, on the midline of the rectus femoris, 5 cun above the upper border of the patella.

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

Body map, front: T.88.01 · Thigh — Fig. — T.88.01 · Thigh After Albinus, 1747

The femur — Gray's Anatomy plate — The femur Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.

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

⚠ Cautions: Tung's texts direct that no more than two of the three Tong points be needled at once, and that they not be needled bilaterally at full depth in frail patients.

Functions

Regulates and strengthens the Heart
Unbinds the chest
Calms the spirit

Indications

Palpitations and arrhythmiaangina and cardiac painrheumatic and valvular heart diseasechest oppression and shortness of breathdizzinessanxiety and panicstomach pain

In Master Tung's System

Zone: Zone 8 — Thigh (八八部位)

Correspondence: Images the Heart. The Tong Guan / Tong Shan / Tong Tian trio on the anterior thigh is Tung's principal cardiac group.

Needled as a Dao Ma group with: T.88.02, T.88.03

Clinical Notes

The head of Tung's cardiac Dao Ma. In practice two of the three are chosen, usually Tong Guan with Tong Shan or Tong Tian.

Combinations Using This Point

Tong Guan, Tong Shan and Tong Tian

Three points up the anterior thigh — Tung's cardiac group, of which no more than two are needled at once.

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