TE7

Huizong

Star

會宗 (Huìzōng) — Convergence and Gathering

Triple Energiser channel · point 7

Not yet clinically reviewed

Xi-Cleft point

Traditionally used for

  • Ears & hearing
  • Nerves & recovery
  • Skin

Location

On the dorsal aspect of the forearm, 3 cun proximal to the wrist crease, on the ulnar side of TE6.

How to locate: Measure 3 cun above the dorsal wrist crease, a quarter of the way from the wrist to the elbow crease; the point is level with TE6 but on its ulnar side, in the depression just radial to the border of the ulna.

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

Body map, front: TE7 · Forearm
Fig. — TE7 · Forearm After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: TE7 · Forearm

TE7 · Forearm · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the forearm — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the forearm Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Bones of the forearm — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the forearm · 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:

  1. Slightly oblique insertion — towards the ulnar side
    Depth 0.5–1.5 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Oblique insertion — proximal or distal, towards the elbow or wrist respectively
    Depth 0.5–1.5 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)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 400 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Relieves acute pain along the channel
  • Benefits the ears

Indications

Acute pain of the armsudden deafnessepilepsyskin pain and hypersensitivity

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, TE7 at the forearm balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

  • 1. Same Chinese name
    Gallbladder channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Gallbladder channel →
  • 2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)
    Kidney channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Kidney channel →
  • 3. Interior–exterior pair
    Pericardium channel
    Forearm · Same segment, opposite side
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Pericardium channel →
  • 4. Chinese clock opposite
    Spleen channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Spleen channel →
  • 5. Chinese clock neighbour
    Gallbladder channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Gallbladder channel →
  • 6. Same channel
    Triple Energiser channel
    Forearm · Same segment, opposite side
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    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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