: Huizong : Ancestral Meeting

SJ-7 : Hand Shaoyang San Jiao 7

Classifications:

Xi-Cleft point


Location:

3 cun proximal to Yangchi SJ-4, level with and on the ulnar side of Zhigou SJ-6, in the depression between the ulna and the extensor digitorum communis muscle.

Needling:

Slightly oblique insertion towards the ulnar side of oblique proximal or distal insertion towards the elbow or wrist respectively 0.5 - 1.5 cun

Classical Needling:

It is needled to a depth of three fen and moxaed with three cones. (Huangfu Mi 皇甫謐, 3rd Century, Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing 針灸甲乙經)


TCM Actions:

Clears the San Jiao channel and benefits the ears

TCM Indications:

  • Deafness, tinnitus, epilepsy, pain of the skin and flesh.

Neuroanatomy:

Superficial Innervation: Posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm from C5 - C8
Dermatome Segment: C7, C8


Martial Applications & Effects of Injury:

See Montaigue, Dim Mak Locations, Taijiworld.com for explanation of effects.

Major Combinations:

  • Impaired hearing and deafness:
    Huizhong SJ-7 with Waiguan SJ-5
      (Sun Simiao, 孫思邈, 625: Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang, 備急千金要方, Essential Prescriptions Worth A Thousand Gold).

  • Deafness:
    Huizhong SJ-7 with Yifeng SJ-17 and Xiaguan St-7
      (Haungfu Mi, 皇甫謐, 282: Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing, 針灸甲乙經, Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion).


I Ching Hexagram:

Hexagram attributions are my own based with an explanation given in the notes below.


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There are no direct classical attributions of the points to I Ching hexagrams in the Nei Jing or other classical sources to my knowledge, but rather it is implied within the schema of the elements so the ones given are my own and a work in progress. Other sources may differ.

They are based on the channel having the outer trigram and the point having the inner as the point is internal to the channel itself.
  • Channels are assigned the trigram of their element and cardinal direction
  • Ren and Du are assigned ☰ Qian, Heaven and ☷ Kun, Earth respectively
  • Earth is assigned to ☶ Gen, Mountain
  • Pericardium and San Jiao are assigned to ☴ Xun, Wind
This places the regular channels associated with the four directions at their four cardinal points and means that every channel's complement is also its Six Division pair. It is almost identical to the I Ching Acupuncture arrangement by Dr Chen but with Shaoyang/Jueyin pairs reversed so that the Wood organs are in the cardinal east and Ministerial Fire is associated with Wind, as Wood turns to Fire.

The points themselves are arranged by:
  • Elemental points are assigned their element
  • Source points are attributed ☷ Kun, Earth, for Zang and ☰ Qian, Heaven, for Fu, as Yin and Yang are the Source of the Zang and Fu respectively
  • Luo points are attributed the opposite as they connect with their Yin-Yang opposite paired organ.
  • This leaves Xi-Cleft points which are assigned ☴ Xun, Wind, for their effect on acute disorders, with their complementary pairing being ☳ Zhen, Wood, the Jing-Well (Yin) and Shu-Stream point (Yang) which both deal with acute phases of disease.
  • Back-Shu and Front-Mu points are assigned Qian and Kun respectively on the top due to their close association with the Du and Ren and their organ element is placed at the bottom, making them naturally pair with each other, as in Su Wen, ch. 47 that suggests treating them together.
  • The gates of the Microcosmic Orbit on the Du and Ren follow the Waxing and Waning Hexagrams.
This enables them to be paired with points that share the same hexagram, their complementary opposite, or with its reverse which is the following or preceding hexagram in the King Wen sequence. Points can therefore be selected based on sharing a hexagram, their complementary opposite, or King Wen pairings in order to supplement or reduce a pathological state.

Reference Notes:

Basic information on location, needle depth, TCM actions, indications and combinations is taken from Deadman et al (2001): A Manual of Acupuncture with additional anatomical information researched by reference to Gray's Anatomy (38th Ed., 1995) unless otherwise referenced. Images were found on acupunctureschoolonline.com and can be traced back to Claudia Focks (2008) Atlas of Acupuncture originally. I cannot claim any credit or rights over them. Other sources should be quoted in the text.

For some of the more unusual terms I have created a glossary here