•Source [出處 chū chù]:
Plain question 【素問．氣交變大論 sù wèn qì jiāo biàn dà lùn】
•Channel and collateral【經絡 jīng luò】:
Hand shao yin
•Classification【類別 lèi bié】:
shu-stream, earth point [俞土穴 shū tǔ xué]
yuan-source point [原穴 yuán xué]
•Name【名稱 mīng chéng】:
神 [shén] ; Spirit
門 [mén] ; gate, door
•Location【部位 bù wèi】:
On the anteromedial aspect of the wrist, radial to the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, on the palmar wrist crease.
Note: In the depression radial to the proximal border of the pisiform bone, on the palmar wrist crease.
•Needling【針法 zhēn fǎ】:
Needle 0.3-0.5 cun perpendicular. 5-15 minutes of moxa stick, no direct moxa
•Action【功效 gōng xiào】:
Calm the spirit and peace the heart [安神寧心 ān shén níng xīn]
Clear fire and cool the ying level [清火涼營 qīng huó liáng yīng]
Clear heart heat [清心熱 qīng xīn rè]
Regulate counterflow qi [調氣逆 tiāo qì nì]
•Indication【主治 zhǔ zhì】:
headache, dizziness, dementia, epilepsy, forgetfulness, dullness, upset, insomnia, hematemesis, saliva with blood, jaundice, hypochondriac pain, fever, irritability, throat obstruction, drowning, aphonia, hand and arm contractions. insomnia, neurasthenia, hysteria, schizophrenia, tongue paralysis.
•Point pair 【配穴 pèi xué] :
HT7-SP6: this point pair is similar to gui pi tang, in terms of treating conditions of SP qi vacuity of HT blood vacuity.
HT7-KD3: in cases of shao yin vacuity, use this point pair of two yuan-source points.