Jing-well (metal) point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Guan" (關), gateway; "chong" (衝), vital passage. it is located at the tip of ring finger, between Zhongchong (PC9) (at the tip of the middle finger) and Shaochong (HT9) (at the tip of little finger), serving as a crucial point for the flow of qi, hence the name.

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Guanchong (TE1) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the ulnar side of distal segment of ring finger, approximately 1 fen (about 0.1 cun) from the corner of nail.

• Lingshu-Benshu: "At the tip of ring finger";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "About one leek leaf width from the corner of nail";
• Yixue Rumen Supplement: "On lateral side" Specifically, it is located in the depression 1 fen behind ulnar corner of ring fingernail.

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Nerve: dorsal branch of proper palmar digital nerve.
• Vessels: arterial networks formed by proper palmar digital artery.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Shallow insertion of 0.1~0.2 cun, or prick to bleed. Moxibustion with moxa cones is generally not recommended; moxibustion with moxa stick is performed for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Discharge heat, benefit throat and tongue.

• Classical: headache, chills and fever, dizziness, heart pain, irritability, fainting, eye pain, dry mouth, bitter taste in mouth, curled tongue, sluggish tongue with inability to speak, pharyngitis, deafness and tinnitus, shoulder and back pain, arm pain, elbow pain.
• Modern: acute tonsillitis, laryngitis, conjunctivitis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Sluggish tongue with inability to speak: Yamen (GV15), Guanchong (TE1).
• Pediatric febrile diseases with convulsions: Daheng (SP15), Guanchong (TE1).