TE-8 - Three Yang Connection

三阳络 - Sān yáng luò

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, midway between the radius and the ulna, 4 cun above the wrist crease on the back of the hand. It is one third of the way from TE-4 to the tip of the elbow.

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-4 on the back wrist crease and the tip of your elbow
  2. Go one third of the way from the wrist toward the elbow
  3. The point is midway between the two forearm bones
TE-8 (Three Yang Connection) acupressure point location: On the back of the forearm, midway between the radius and the ulna, 4 cun above the wrist crease on the back of the hand.

How to Apply Pressure

Having located TE-8 one third of the way up the forearm, use comfortable fingertip pressure between the bones and stop if it hurts. Skip it after recent forearm surgery or over an acute arm injury, and get medical care for sudden loss of voice or severe throat pain.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Loss of voice
  • Forearm weakness
  • Hearing loss
  • Speech problems
  • Arm fatigue
  • Vocal cord issues
  • Muscle weakness

Related Health Concerns

Fatigue

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Recent throat surgery
  • Severe vocal cord damage
  • Acute arm injury