connecting point.

[Origin]

Tong, Tongda; Li, Xuli, refers to the heart. The acupoint belongs to hand lesser yin heart meridian (HT), which corresponds to the heart, hence the name.

[Location]

Tongli (HT5) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu‧Jingmai: "Take it one inch from the palm of your hand";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Dui Gu ACU> Straight one inch, inside the bones and outside the big tendons: one inch behind Shenmen (HT7)."

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: Between the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon and the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, the deep layer is the flexor digitorum profundus muscle.
• Nerve: The medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm, and the ulnar nerve on the ulnar side.
• Vessel: ulnar artery.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 inches. moxa cone moxibustion 1 to 3 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 3 to 5 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Peace of mind and mind, extinguishing wind and camp.

• Classical: headache, dizziness, Rebing, palpitation, severe palpitation, strong tongue, pharyngitis, elbow and arm pain, wrist pain, hypermenorrhea, enuresis, visceral agitation (hysteria), metrorrhagia and metrostaxis.
• Modern: Arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, acute hyoid paralysis, neurasthenia, hysteria.

[Recipe]

• Dizziness: Tongli (HT5), Baihui (GV20).
• Excessive menstrual bleeding: Tongli (HT5), Xingjian (LR2), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
• Arrhythmias: Tongli (HT5), Xinshu (BL15).