POINT: HT-5 (HEART-5)
English: | Penetrating the Interior |
Also Known As: | Reaching the Measure Penetrating Inside Accessible Village Communication's Route Inner Communications Communication with the Inside |
- When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of them. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.
- With the hand supine, the point can be found 1 cun above HT-7 Shenmen on the ulnar aspect of the wrist.
- 1 cun proximal to HT-7 Shenmen on the line connecting HT-7 Shenmen and HT-4 Lingdao.
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Straight insertion 0.5 to 1 cun, causing local distention and soreness, possibly extending along the ulnar side of the forearm.
- Perpendicular insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Oblique proximal or distal insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Luo-Connecting point
- Ma Dan-Yang Heavenly Star point
- Calms the Shen
- Regulates Heart Qi
- Regulates heart rhythm
- Tonifies Heart Qi
- Benefits the tongue
- Benefits the Bladder
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
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GB-25 |
UB-15 |
KI-4 |
Bradycardia |
Cardiac arrhythmia |
Disinterest in talking and a desire to sleep |
LIV-2 |
SJ-17 |
ST-41 |
Excessive uterine bleeding |
Sudden loss of speech |
Head Wind Redness of the face and eyes |
UB-58 |
SP-11 |
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Pain of the head and eyes |
Headache and dizziness |
Enuresis |
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Irregular Heart rhythm |
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- This point has to do with Interior communication.
- It is used to treat audacity.
- This point can be used to penetrate a patients mask to find out what is wrong.
- This is the point of choice to tonify Heart Qi.
- It is the point of choice for aphasia.
- This is a special point for palpitations.
- It is effective for disturbances of cardiac rate and rhythm.