Nomenclature:
Tong: Leading to Li: Interior
From this point the collateral of this meridian branches to the small intestine meridian.
Location:
On the palmar aspect of the forearm, on the radial border of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications of tongli:
- Heart luo-connecting channel ascends to the root of the tongue so is used in sudden loss of voice, stiffness of the tongue, inability to speak, ulcers of the tongue.
- Psycho-emotional disorders: frequent yawning and groaning with sadness, vexation, and anger, sadness and fright, frequent agitation with burning sensation of the Heart, depressive disorder.
- Regulates heart qi: Palpitations, tightness/fullness in the chest.
- Local disorders: pain in the wrist and arm.
Method：
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3～0.5 cun or oblique proximal or distal insertion.
Remarks:
Luo Connecting Point.
Read about other points of Pericardium Meridian:
HT1-Jiquan- 极泉 HT2-Qingling- 青灵 HT3-Shaohai-少海 HT4-Lingdao-灵道 HT6-Yinxi-阴郄 HT7-Shenmen-神门 HT8-Shaofu-少府 HT9-Shaochong-少冲