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POINT: SJ-1 (SAN JIAO-1)  

NAME:GUANCHONG

English: Rushing Pass
Also Known As: Gate Rushing
Barrier Rushing
Gate Thoroughfare
Rushing the Frontier Gate
Gate of Assault
Gate's Pouring
Gate Rush
Gate's Rushing

LOCATION:

  • On the ulnar side if the ring finger, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail.
  • On the dorsal aspect of the ring finger, at the junction of the lines drawn along the ulnar border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally, 0.1 to 0.2 cun, or prick to bleed.
  • Straight insertion, 0.1 to 0.3 cun, or prick to bleed.
  • Puncture superficially o.1 cun or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Bleed to clear Heat from the eyes, head and throat.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Jing-Well point
  • Metal point
  • Entry point

ACTIONS:

  • Clears Upper Jiao Heat
  • Benefits the ears and tongue
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain
  • Expels Wind
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Restores consciousness
  • Stops convulsions

INDICATIONS:

  • Headache
  • Sore throat
  • Pharynx and larynx swollen and painful
  • Laryngitis
  • Throat obstruction
  • Thirst
  • Dry mouth
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Stomach retching
  • Loss of appetite
  • Cholera with nausea and vomiting
  • Torticollis
  • Wasting disease in infants with parasitosis and malnutrition
  • Disorders due to Wind
  • Coldness
  • Rigidity
  • Trouble with articulations
  • Numbness
  • Loss of sensitivity
  • Malaria
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Earache
  • Pain at the root of the tongue
  • Cracked tongue
  • Dry lips
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Wind dizziness and headache
  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Throat Bi
  • Pain of the submandibular region
  • Diabetes
  • Collapsing syndrome
  • Blurred vision
  • Shen disturbance
  • Redness of the eyes
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Stiff tongue
  • Flaccid tongue preventing speech
  • The tongue curls up
  • Irritability
  • Keratoleukoma
  • White membrane on the conjunctiva preventing clear vision
  • Arm pain
  • Arm and elbow very painful
  • Forearm neuralgia
  • Pain of the fingers
  • Pain of the elbow and shoulder
  • Angina pectoris
  • Syncope
  • Emergency care
  • Hiccups
  • Anorexia
  • Difficulty lifting the arm
  • Vision problems
  • Numb throat
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Congested Heat of the San Jiao
  • Congested Heat of the Upper Jiao
  • Heat of the body like Fire
  • Fever
  • Fever with anhidrosis
  • Heart pain
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Vomiting of sour fluid
  • No pleasure in eating
  • Pain of the shoulder and back with inability to turn and look backwards
  • Heatstroke
  • Tonsillitis

COMBINATIONS:

GB-44
Zuqiaoyin

ST-7
Xiaguan
LI-5
Yangxi
SJ-2
Yemen
SJ-5
Yanggu

SJ-2
Yemen
 SJ-3
Zhongzhu
SI-16
Tianyou
LI-5
Yangxi

Deafness

Tinnitus and deafness

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UB-60
Kunlun
SI-16
Tianyou
UB-12
Fengmen
REN-4
Guanyuan

GB-44
Zuqiaoyin
SI-1
Shaoze

DU-15
Yamen

Wind dizziness

Headache

Throat Bi

Curled tongue

Dry mouth

Flaccid tongue with inability to speak

REN-24
Chengjiang
KI-2
Rangu
UB-49
Yishe

SI-9
Jianzhen
LI-15
Jianyu

 

Wasting and thirsting disorder with a great desire to drink

Heat sensations of the shoulder with inability to turn the head

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point has a special effect on flesh over the eyes.
  • This point deals with regulation of Heat.
  • It is used mostly in Exterior patterns of extreme Wind-Heat.
  • It is a resuscitation point.
  • This is the gate of entry, if this gate is closed the San Jiao will fail and all of the organs will fail.