TE13

Naohui

Star

臑會 (Nàohuì) — Upper Arm Convergence

Triple Energiser channel · point 13

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Triple Energiser channel with the Yang Wei Mai

Traditionally used for

Cough & breathing
Pain & joints

Location

On the posterior aspect of the upper arm, 3 cun below the acromial angle, just posteroinferior to the border of the deltoid.

How to locate: Abduct the arm to show the posterior hollow below the acromion (TE14) and feel the acromial angle; measure 3 cun down along the line towards the olecranon, where the point lies just behind and below the posterior border of the deltoid, about level with the end of the posterior axillary fold.

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

Body map, front: TE13 · Upper arm — Fig. — TE13 · Upper arm After Albinus, 1747

The humerus — Gray's Anatomy plate — The humerus 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

Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:

Perpendicular insertion

Depth 1–2 cun

skindeeper
Oblique insertion

Depth 1–2 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. 404 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.8–1.2 cun

Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

Regulates qi and transforms phlegm
Dissipates nodules and reduces swelling
Activates the channel and luo-connecting vessels and benefits the shoulder

Indications

Goitre and scrofulashoulder and arm painswelling of the arm

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, TE13 at the upper arm balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

1. Same Chinese name

Gallbladder channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Gallbladder channel →
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)

Kidney channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Kidney channel →
3. Interior–exterior pair

Pericardium channel

Upper arm · Same segment, opposite side
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Pericardium channel →
4. Chinese clock opposite

Spleen channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Spleen channel →
5. Chinese clock neighbour

Gallbladder channel

Thigh · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Lower leg, Calf · Reversed mirror
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Gallbladder channel →
6. Same channel

Triple Energiser channel

Upper arm · Same segment, opposite side
Lower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/foot
Solve for the Triple Energiser channel →

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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