Yinxi

1. 01With the palm up, it lies on the radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, 0.5 cun proximal to the wrist crease.
2. 02Find it 0.5 cun above HT-7 Shenmen, along the line linking HT-7 Shenmen and HT-4 Lingdao.

1. 01Needle perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
2. 02Moxibustion may also be used.
3. 03Insert straight in, 0.5 to 1 cun.
4. 04Insert perpendicularly, 0.3 to 0.5 cun, or angled proximally or distally, 0.5 to 1 cun.

Xi-Cleft (Accumulation) point

• ·Nourishes Heart Yin
• ·Regulates Heart Blood
• ·Drains Heat
• ·Checks sweating
• ·Settles the Shen
• ·Clears Heart Fire
• ·Eases acute conditions
• ·Clears Deficiency Fire

• ·Night sweats
• ·Dry mouth
• ·Insomnia
• ·Mental restlessness
• ·Cardiac pain
• ·Hemoptysis
• ·Epistaxis
• ·Sudden voice loss
• ·Pain and stiffness along the Heart channel from Stagnant Heart Blood
• ·Stifling chest sensation
• ·Sudden onset chest pain
• ·Aphasia
• ·Pulmonary tuberculosis with Yin-Deficient night sweats
• ·Spontaneous sweating
• ·Trembling accompanied by fear
• ·Hemorrhage of the stomach
• ·Leukorrhea
• ·Chills
• ·Heavy sweating with Cold aversion
• ·Sudden tongue atony
• ·Chest fullness
• ·Counterflow-inversion fright Qi
• ·Sudden turmoil disorder accompanied by cardiac pain
• ·Sinusitis
• ·Nasal congestion
• ·Hysteria
• ·Shock
• ·Alarm
• ·Fear
• ·Anxiety
• ·Palpitations
• ·Dizziness
• ·Headache
• ·Chest pain
• ·Sudden muteness
• ·Edema
• ·Fright
• ·Grief
• ·Sudden irritability with rage
• ·Bone-steaming fever
• ·Inflammation of the uterus
• ·Neuralgia of the arm
• ·Qi disorders
• ·Vertigo
• ·Cholera-type disorder with contracture
• ·Intolerable stabbing Heart pain
• ·Epilepsy
• ·Hematemesis

• ·It exerts a strong effect on mental state.
• ·It reinvigorates Qi.
• ·It is a key point for treating night sweats.