bubble_chart Category Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "The collateral of hand yangming meridian"; Suwen-Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note: "The convergence point of collateral qis of hand yangming and hand shaoyang"; Zhenjiu Juying: "The meeting point of hand shaoyang and yang linking vessel".
bubble_chart Etymology
"Nao" (臑), upper arm; "hui" (會), to meet or convergence. The point is located between Binao (LI14) and Naoshu (SI10), hence its name.
bubble_chart Location
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Naohui (TE13) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
On extensor aspect of upper arm, on the line connecting the tip of elbow and
Jianliao (TE14), 3 cun below Jianliao (TE14), in the depression at posterior and inferior border of deltoid muscle.
bubble_chart Anatomy
- Muscle: between long head and lateral head of triceps brachii.
- Nerve: posterior brachial cutaneous nerve, muscular branch of radial nerve, deep layer is radial nerve.
- Vessels: middle collateral arteries and veins.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Insert perpendicularly or obliquely toward the center of the deltoid muscle, 1~1.5 cun in depth. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 seconds, moxibustion with moxa stick for 5 to 15 minutes.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Dissipat nodules.
- Classical: goiter, scrofula, depressive psychosis, pharyngeal swelling, arm pain.
- Modern: periarthritis of shoulder.
bubble_chart Combinations
- Depressive psychosis: Naohui (TE13), Shenmai (BL62) Gall: Tianchuang (SI16), Naohui (TE13)
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