heart meridian hand shao yin

    • with arm abducted, center of axilla, on the medial side of the axillary artery

    • tonifies heart yin. moves qi and blood in channel. restlessness, night sweats, dry throat, scrofula, inability to raise shoulder, arm pain

    • perpendicular 0.5-1.0

    • with elbow flexed 3 cun above medial end of transverse cubital crease in the groove medial to m. biceps brachii

    • invigorates channel, local for qi and blood stagnation, arm and shoulder pain or swelling

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • he sea

    • with elbow flexed, at midpoint of line connecting medial end of cubital crease and medial epicondyle of humerus

    • clears heart heat, calms shen. local point for channel obstruction, chest pain, fullness, arm numbness

    • perpendicular 0.5-1

    • jing river

    • palm facing upward, on radial side of flexor carpi ulnaris, 1.0 cun above transverse crease of wrist

    • calms shen, relaxes sinews, invigorates channel. can reconnect to true spiritual path

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • luo connect

    • palm facing upward, on radial side of flexor carpi ulnaris, 0.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist

    • tonifies heart qi, calms shen, clears heat. palpitations, aphasia with tongue stiffness, sudden loss of voice

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • xi cleft

    • palm facing upward, on radial side of flexor carpi ulnaris, 0.5 cun above transverse crease of wrist

    • nourishes heart yin, moves stagnation in hear. chest pain, hysteria, insomnia, night sweats

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • yuan source, shu stream, sedation

    • ulnar end of transverse crease of wrist in depression on radial side of flexor carpi ulnaris tendon

    • tonifies heart blood, heart qi, calms shen. irritability, insomnia, palpitations, hysteria, mania, heart pain, restless organ disorder

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • ying spring, horary

    • palm facing upward, between 4th and 5th metacarpal bones or when a fist is made, where tip of little finger rests

    • clears heart fire, regulates heart qi, calms mind, palpitations, chest pain, excess dreams, restlessness, burning urination, enuresis, dysuria

    • perpendicular 0.3-0.5

    • jing well, tonification

    • on radial side of little finger, about 0.1 cun posterior to corner of nail

    • clears febrile disease, clears heat, opens cardiac orifice. wind stroke, lloss of consciousness, palpitations, mania, heart pain

    • superficially 0.1