TB13 (Nàohuì, “Upper Arm Meeting”) is an acupuncture point on the Triple Burner Meridian. It is located on the posterior border of the deltoid muscle, approximately 3 cun inferior to the acromion, in a palpable depression. It activates the channel and alleviates pain, resolves phlegm and dissipates nodules, clears heat.
On the posterior border of the deltoid muscle, approximately 3 cun inferior to the acromion, in a palpable depression.
Perpendicular or oblique insertion 0.7-1.5 cun.
Activates the channel and alleviates pain, resolves phlegm and dissipates nodules, clears heat.
Arm pain, soreness and weakness, inability to lift the arm, chills and fever, shoulder swelling that refers to the scapula, goiter, qi lumps on the neck.
Nàohuì is a key local point for treating disorders of the shoulder and upper arm, particularly pain, weakness, and restricted movement. Its connection to the Yang Wei Mai and its classical indication for goiter and neck lumps also make it useful for resolving phlegm and nodules in the neck and shoulder region. It is often combined with other local and distal points on the San Jiao and Large Intestine channels for frozen shoulder and rotator cuff issues.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《黃帝明堂灸經》 Huángdì Míngtáng Jiǔjīng — The Yellow Emperor's Bright Hall Moxibustion Classic, Tang · 卷上 · 正人形第十四 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
臑會 二穴，在臂前廉去肩頭三寸宛宛中，灸七壯。 主癭及臂氣腫也According to this text, TB13 lies in the hollow on the front edge of the arm, 3 cun from the tip of the shoulder, and receives 7 moxa cones; it was used for goitre and qi swelling of the arm.
《醫學綱目·刺灸》 Yīxué Gāngmù · Cìjiǔ — Outline of Medicine: Needling and Moxibustion, Lou Ying, 1565 · 卷之八·陰陽臟腑部 · 穴法下 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
臑會二穴，在肩前廉，去肩頭三寸宛宛中，手少陽陽維之會。 針入七分，留三呼，灸七壯According to this text, TB13 lies on the front edge of the shoulder, in the hollow 3 cun from the tip of the shoulder, a meeting point of the hand shaoyang and yangwei; it is needled 0.7 cun, retained for 3 breaths, with 7 moxa cones.
《針方六集》 Zhēnfāng Liùjí — Six Collections on Needling, Wu Kun, 1618 · 卷之五·紛署集 · 肩凡二十八穴第十三 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
臑會二穴，主寒熱肩腫引胛中痛，臂痛不能舉，項癭氣瘤The text records that TB13 was used for chills and fever with swollen shoulder and pain drawing into the shoulder blade, arm pain with inability to raise it, and goitre-like qi swellings of the neck.
TB13 is one of 23 points on the Triple Burner Meridian. Nearby points:
TB13 (Nàohuì) is located on the posterior border of the deltoid muscle, approximately 3 cun inferior to the acromion, in a palpable depression.
TB13 activates the channel and alleviates pain, resolves phlegm and dissipates nodules, clears heat. Common clinical indications include arm pain, soreness and weakness, inability to lift the arm, chills and fever, shoulder swelling that refers to the scapula, goiter, qi lumps on the neck.
Perpendicular or oblique insertion 0.7-1.5 cun.
TB13 is a point on the Triple Burner Meridian (Sān Jiāo).