TE-7 - Convergence and Gathering

会宗 - Huì zōng

Point Region: Forearm

TE

Triple Energizer Meridian

手少阳三焦经 - Shǒu Shàoyáng Sānjiāo Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the back of the forearm, just on the thumb side of the ulna, 3 cun above the wrist crease on the back of the hand. It is level with TE-6, on its little-finger side.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Find TE-6, four finger-widths above the back wrist crease
  2. Move toward the little-finger side until you meet the ulna
  3. The point is just beside that bone
TE-7 (Convergence and Gathering) acupressure point location: On the back of the forearm, just on the thumb side of the ulna, 3 cun above the wrist crease on the back of the hand.

How to Apply Pressure

When you have found TE-7 beside the ulna, use light fingertip contact on the soft tissue rather than pressing onto the bone, and stop if it hurts. Avoid it after recent forearm surgery or over an acute arm injury.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Deafness
  • Skin heat
  • Hearing loss
  • Skin inflammation
  • Ear disorders
  • Hot skin conditions

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Active seizure disorder without medical supervision
  • Severe mental health conditions
  • Recent head trauma