Triple Energizer Channel
Convergence of the Ancestors
会宗Huì ZōngAnatomical location
3 cun above the dorsal wrist crease, on the radial border of the ulna, 1 cun to the ulnar side of TE6 (Zhigou).
Main function
Xi-Cleft point, benefits the ears, calms Wind, relieves pain.
- Xi-Cleft point
Therapeutic indications
- Deafness
- ear pain
- epilepsy
- arm pain
- elbow pain
- stiff neck
- Acute forearm pain
- Arm pain
Name and classical tradition
Huizong, 会宗, is the «meeting of the principal». 会 (會) is to meet; 宗, the lineage, the ancestor, what is principal and revered. The usual reading ties it to its category: it is the Xi-Cleft point (郄穴) of the Triple Energizer, the place where the channel's Qi gathers and concentrates in depth, and which the tradition uses in acute conditions. Another, modern gloss holds that yang Qi converges here at its highest level.
Unlike the transport points of the channel, which appear in the Ben Shu of the Lingshu (Spiritual Pivot), Huizong is first recorded in the Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing (Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) of Huangfu Mi, in the third century. This is consistent with the history of the Xi-Cleft points, which were systematized later than the Five Shu points. No alternative names are known for it.
