Shenmen HT 7: Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication, Method
Nomenclature:
Shen: mind Men: door
The heart houses the mind. This point is a door for the mind.
Location:
On the palmar ulnar end of the transverse creast of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris.
Indications of shenmen:
- Main point for heart disease such as palpitations, cardiac pain, tachycardia, arrhythmia, etc.
- Insomnia, forgetfulness, dementia, psychosis epilepsy.
- Pain of wrist joint, numbness of ulnar nerve.
Method:
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3～0.5 cun.
Remark:
Shu-Stream Point, Yuan-Source Point.
Son (Reducing ) point.
Main Point for heart diseases.
Precaution:
The ulnar artery and ulnar nerve lie adjacent to this point.
Read about other points of Pericardium Meridian:
HT1-Jiquan- 极泉 HT2-Qingling- 青灵 HT3-Shaohai-少海 HT4-Lingdao-灵道 HT5-Tongli-通里 HT6-Yinxi-阴郄 HT8-Shaofu-少府
