Pericardium 6

PC 6 / Nei Guan / Inner Pass

POINT LOCATION

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

 

Associations

• Luo Connecting Point of the Pericardium Channel
• Master Point of Yin Wei Mai

 

INDICATIONS / CONDITIONS TREATED

• Mental disorders
• Epilepsy
• Pain of elbow, arm and wrist
• Cardiac pain
• Palpitations
• Chest congestion/oppression
• Shortness of breath
• Hypochondriac pain
• Nausea/vomiting
• Hiccups
• Reflux
• Epigastric pain
• Anorexia
• Malaria
• Febrile disease
• Irritability/agitation
• Insomnia

 

TCM ACTIONS

• Opens chest
• Regulates Qi
• Regulates Heart
• Calm Shen
• Harmonizes Stomach
• Descends Qi
• Clears heat
• Transforms phlegm