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POINT: SJ-13 (SAN JIAO-13)

NAME: NAOHUI

English: Upper Arm Meeting
Also Known As: Shoulder's Meeting
Shoulder Convergence

LOCATION:

  • 3 cun directly below SJ-14 Jianliao at the posterior margin of the deltoid muscle.
  • On the upper arm, on a line drawn between SJ-10 Tianjing and SJ-14 Jianliao, 4 cun proximal to SJ-10 Tianjing and 6 cun distal to SJ-14 Jianliao.
    Note: locate in the depression within the triceps muscle, posterior to the shaft of the humerus (between the muscle bellies of the long and lateral heads of the triceps). Although most sources specify both a distance of 3 cun directly below SJ-14 Jianliao at the posterior margin of the deltoid muscle, this does not usually correspond. In practice, palpate the region to find the most tender location.
  • On the line joining SJ-14 Jianliao and the olecranon, on the posterior border of the m. deltoideus.

NEEDLING:

  • Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion 1 to 2 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the Yang Wei channel

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates Qi
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Pain of the arm and shoulder
  • Goiter
  • Weakness and pain of the shoulder and arm
  • Swelling of the shoulder that leads to pain in the scapula
  • Scrofula
  • Chills and fever
  • Eye diseases
  • Epilepsy
  • Madness
  • Inability to raise the arm

COMBINATIONS:

SI-16
Tianchuang

LU-3
Tianfu
ST-11
Qishe

Goiter

Goiter

Tumors of the neck

Swollen throat

Painful obstruction with difficulty bending and extending the elbow joint

Pain and heaviness of the arm with acute pain of the axilla

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • The most common application of this point is for pain in the upper arm or shoulder which radiates down the upper arm.