Yinxi HT6 : Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication, Method
Nomenclature:
Yin: Yin of yin-yang Xi:cleft
Yinxi is the Xi-cleft of hand-shaoyin meridian.
Location:
On the palmar aspect of the forearm, on the radial border of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 0.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indication:
- Heart disorders: Cardiac pain, fright, palpitation.
- Bleeding disorders due to excess heat: Hematemesis, epistaxis.
- Nourishes heart yin. So is an essential point in the treatment of night sweating due to deficiency of either yin or heart blood: Bone-streaming heat, night sweats.
- Sudden loss of voice.
Method:
Puncture perpendicularly 0.3~0.5 cun.
Remarks:
Xi-cleft Point.
Significant combination:
Profuse night sweating : HT6 and SI3
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 HT7-Shenmen-神门 HT8-Shaofu-少府 HT9-Shaochong-少冲