POINTS OF THE HEART MERIDIAN OF HAND-SHAOYIN
HT 1
Chinese Name: Jiquan
English Name:
Location: When the upper arm is abducted, the point is in the center of the axilla, on the medial side of the axillary artery.
Indications: Pain in the costal and cardiac regions, scrofula, cold pain of the elbow and arm, dryness of the throat.
Acupuncture Method: Avoid puncturing the axillary artery. Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Laterally, the axillary artery.
Innervation: The ulnar nerve, median nerve and medial brachial cutaneous nerve.
HT 2
Chinese Name: Qingling
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is 3 cun above the medial end of the transverse cubital crease (Shaohai HT 3), in the groove medial to m. biceps brachii.
Indications: Pain in the cardiac and hypochondriac regions, shoulder and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The basilic vein, the superior ulnar collateral artery.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve, the medial brachial cutaneous nerve and the ulnar nerve.
HT 3 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Shaohai
English Name:
Location: With the elbow flexed, at the midpoint of the line connecting the medial end of the cubital crease and the medial epicondyle of humerus.
Indications: Cardiac pain, spasmodic pain and numbness of the hand and arm, tremor of the hand, scrofula, pain in the axilla and hypochondriac region.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The basilic vein, the inferior ulnar collateral artery, the ulnar recurrent artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve.
HT 4 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Lingdao
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Cardiac pain, spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm, sudden loss of voice.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The ulnar artery.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve; on the ulnar side, the ulnar nerve.
HT5 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Tongli
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Palpitation, dizziness, blurring of vision, sore throat, sudden loss of voice, aphasia with stiffness of the tongue, pain in the wrist and elbow.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4)
HT 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Yinxi
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 0.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Cardiac pain, hysteria, night sweating, hemoptysis, epistaxis, sudden loss of voice.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4).
HT 7 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Shenmen
English Name:
Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris.
Indications: Cardiac pain, irritability, palpitation, hysteria, amnesia, insomnia, mania, epilepsy, dementia, pain in the hypochondriac region, feverish sensation in the palm, yellowish sclera.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4)
HT8 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Shaofu
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones. When a fist is made, the point is where the tip of the little finger rests.
Indications: Palpitation, pain in the chest, spasmodic pain of the little finger, feverish sensation in the palm, enuresis, dysuria, pruritus of the external genitalia.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The common palmar digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The fourth common palmar digital nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
HT9 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Shaochong
English Name:
Location: On the radial side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Indications: Palpitation, cardiac pain, pain in the chest and hypochondriac regions, mania, febrile diseases, loss of consciousness.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch, or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
Chinese Name: Jiquan
English Name:
Location: When the upper arm is abducted, the point is in the center of the axilla, on the medial side of the axillary artery.
Indications: Pain in the costal and cardiac regions, scrofula, cold pain of the elbow and arm, dryness of the throat.
Acupuncture Method: Avoid puncturing the axillary artery. Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: Laterally, the axillary artery.
Innervation: The ulnar nerve, median nerve and medial brachial cutaneous nerve.
HT 2
Chinese Name: Qingling
English Name:
Location: When the elbow is flexed, the point is 3 cun above the medial end of the transverse cubital crease (Shaohai HT 3), in the groove medial to m. biceps brachii.
Indications: Pain in the cardiac and hypochondriac regions, shoulder and arm.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The basilic vein, the superior ulnar collateral artery.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve, the medial brachial cutaneous nerve and the ulnar nerve.
HT 3 (He-Sea Point)
Chinese Name: Shaohai
English Name:
Location: With the elbow flexed, at the midpoint of the line connecting the medial end of the cubital crease and the medial epicondyle of humerus.
Indications: Cardiac pain, spasmodic pain and numbness of the hand and arm, tremor of the hand, scrofula, pain in the axilla and hypochondriac region.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The basilic vein, the inferior ulnar collateral artery, the ulnar recurrent artery and vein.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve.
HT 4 (Jing-River Point)
Chinese Name: Lingdao
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Cardiac pain, spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm, sudden loss of voice.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The ulnar artery.
Innervation: The medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve; on the ulnar side, the ulnar nerve.
HT5 (Luo-Connecting Point)
Chinese Name: Tongli
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Palpitation, dizziness, blurring of vision, sore throat, sudden loss of voice, aphasia with stiffness of the tongue, pain in the wrist and elbow.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4)
HT 6 (Xi-Cleft Point)
Chinese Name: Yinxi
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 0.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Indications: Cardiac pain, hysteria, night sweating, hemoptysis, epistaxis, sudden loss of voice.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4).
HT 7 (Shu-Stream and Yuan-Primary Point)
Chinese Name: Shenmen
English Name:
Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris.
Indications: Cardiac pain, irritability, palpitation, hysteria, amnesia, insomnia, mania, epilepsy, dementia, pain in the hypochondriac region, feverish sensation in the palm, yellowish sclera.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy: See Lingdao (HT 4)
HT8 (Ying-Spring Point)
Chinese Name: Shaofu
English Name:
Location: When the palm faces upward, the point is between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones. When a fist is made, the point is where the tip of the little finger rests.
Indications: Palpitation, pain in the chest, spasmodic pain of the little finger, feverish sensation in the palm, enuresis, dysuria, pruritus of the external genitalia.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy Vasculature: The common palmar digital artery and vein.
Innervation: The fourth common palmar digital nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
HT9 (Jing-Well Point)
Chinese Name: Shaochong
English Name:
Location: On the radial side of the little finger, about 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.
Indications: Palpitation, cardiac pain, pain in the chest and hypochondriac regions, mania, febrile diseases, loss of consciousness.
Acupuncture Method: Puncture subcutaneously 0.1 inch, or prick with a three-edged needle to cause bleeding. Moxibustion is applicable.
Regional anatomy
Vasculature: The arterial and venous network formed by the palmar digital proprial artery and vein.
Innervation: The palmar digital proprial nerve derived from the ulnar nerve.
