關衝 (Guānchōng) — Passage Hub
Triple Energiser channel · point 1
Traditionally used for
- Headaches
- Eye health
- Ears & hearing
- Nose & throat
- Colds & fever
Location
On the ulnar side of the distal phalanx of the ring finger, 0.1 finger-cun proximal to the ulnar corner of the nail, where the line of the ulnar border of the nail meets the line of the nail base.
How to locate: Imagine one line along the ulnar border of the ring fingernail and another along its base; the point is where they cross, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
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
Cited needling
Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:
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Perpendicular insertionDepth 0.1–0.2 cunskindeeper
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Oblique insertion — directed proximallyDepth 0.1–0.2 cunskindeeper
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Prick to bleed
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. 391 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
Functions
- Clears heat from the upper burner
- Benefits the ears, throat and tongue
- Restores consciousness
- Activates the channel and relieves pain
Indications
Balance Method partners
Under Dr. Tan's six systems, TE1 at the hand balances these channels at the regions its segment images.
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1. Same Chinese nameGallbladder channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Gallbladder channel →
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2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)Kidney channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Kidney channel →
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3. Interior–exterior pairPericardium channelHand · Same segment, opposite sideHead & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Pericardium channel →
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4. Chinese clock oppositeSpleen channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Spleen channel →
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5. Chinese clock neighbourGallbladder channelFoot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Head & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Gallbladder channel →
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6. Same channelTriple Energiser channelHand · Same segment, opposite sideHead & face, Crown & occiput, Ear · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Triple Energiser channel →
Classical calendar method · 子午流注
When the tables open TE1
The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.
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壬子 23:00–01:00 Na Jia Fa, 壬-day sequence · Na (納) point
「壬子氣納三焦寄，井穴關衝一片金」
Next: Thu 15 Oct, 23:00
A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →
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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