Pericardium 5

PC 5 / Jian Shi / Messenger

POINT LOCATION

 3 cun above the wrist crease between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.

 

Associations

• Jing-River Point of the Pericardium Channel
• Meeting Point of PC, HT, LU

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Cardiac pain
• Palpitations
• Chest oppression
• Plum-pit Qi
• Epigastric pain
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Febrile disease
• Irritability
• Agitation
• Mania
• Epilepsy
• Swelling of the axilla
• Pain of the elbow/arm

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Opens chest
• Transforms Phlegm
• Harmonizes Stomach
• Calms Shen