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POINT: SJ-7 (SAN JIAO-7)

NAME: HUIZONG

English: Ancestral Meeting
Also Known As: Meeting the Clan
Gathering of the Ancestry
Meet the Ancestry
Assembly of Ancestry
Converging Channels
Assembly of the Clan

LOCATION:

  • One finger-width to the ulnar side of SJ-6 Zhigou on the forearm.
  • 3 cun proximal to SJ-4 Yangchi, level with and on the ulnar side of SJ-6 Zhigou, in the depression between the ulna and the extensor digitorum communis muscle.
  • At the level with SJ-6 Zhigou, on the ulnar side of SJ-6 Zhigou, on the radial border of the ulna.

NEEDLING:

  • Straight insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Slightly oblique insertion towards the ulnar side or oblique proximal or distal insertion towards the elbow or wrist respectively, o.5 to 1.5 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Xi- Cleft (Accumulating) point
  • Gueki point

ACTIONS:

  • Clears the San Jiao
  • Benefits the eyes and ears
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Deafness
  • Arm pain
  • Five types of epilepsy
  • Ear pain
  • Involuntary movements of the fingers and arms
  • Chest and abdominal fullness and pain
  • Mental disorders
  • Seizures
  • Tinnitus
  • Pain of the skin and flesh
  • Senility
  • Giddiness
  • Arm stiffness

COMBINATIONS:

SJ-5
Waiguan

SJ-17
Yifeng
ST-7
Xiaguan

 

Impaired hearing and deafness

Deafness

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point has a direct connection with Ancestral Qi (tapping into the reserves of the reserves).
  • This is a geriatric point for senility.
  • This point can be used when the patient doesn't know where to go. It gives a sense of stability and calm.