Meaning

Spirit Gate.

Localization

At the wrist joint, on the radial side of flexor carpi ulnaris, in the depression at the proximal border of the pisiform bone.

Functions

Gives blood and Yin to the heart, controls the spirit.

Indications

- Localized diseases: pain in wrist, phantom pain.
- 5 holes diseases: haematemesis, stool with blood, sore throat, headache (heart fever syndrome), heart), ulceration on the tongue, increased overtalkativeness, red face.
- Cardiovascular system: functional and morphological heart disease, arrhythmia, angina, heart pain with shyness and anxiety (Yin emptiness, Qi and heart blood), insomnia, depression, memory loss, nightmares, difficulty falling asleep, crying with a sense of deep self-pity, sense of embarrassment and confusion, jaundice of the inner corner of the eye (heart fever syndrome), memory loss with normal intelligence.
- Respiratory system: coughing up blood (liver fire hurts lungs and heart).
- Reproductive system: dysmenorrhea, postpartum bleeding.
- Digestive system: haematemesis, stool with blood, jaundice.
- Features: chronic fatigue syndrome, malarial chills, cold fit, heat in the palms, the penetration of heat into the meridian of the heart, bleeding in the setting of the heat of the heart.

Needling Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 cun long the tendon or the medial side. Cauterization.