Heart Meridian
9 Acupuncture Points
Each point shows what symptoms it treats (indications). Click any symptom to find more treatments.
HT01Highest Spring

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 極泉 (jí quán)
🎯 Location: When upper arm is abducted point is in the center of the axilla on the medial side of the axillary artery.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for needling; proximity to axillary artery.
🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, anxiety, palpitations, pain:elbow, retching
HT02Cyan Spirit

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 青靈 (qīng líng)
🎯 Location: When elbow is flexed point is 3 thumb widths above the medial end of the transverse cubital crease in the groove medial to the biceps brachii.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth; proximity to brachial artery.
🛡️ Treats: swelling, pain, stagnation:channel, shivering, pain:costal:lateral
HT03Lesser Sea

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少海 (shǎo hǎi)
🎯 Location: With elbow flexed, at the midpoint of the line connecting medial end of the cubital crease and medial epicondyle of the humerus.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution with ulnar nerve.
🛡️ Treats: phlegm, heat, fullness:chest, pain, epilepsy
HT04Spirit Path

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 靈道 (líng dào)
🎯 Location: When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 1.5 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: anxiety, swelling, pain:finger, retching, pain:heart
HT05Inward Connection

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 通里 (tōng lǐ)
🎯 Location: When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: dizziness, palpitations, deficiency:qi, depression, fullness:chest
HT06Yin Cleft

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰郄 (yīn qiè)
🎯 Location: When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 05 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cardiac arrhythmias.
🛡️ Treats: palpitations, fullness:chest, epilepsy, pain:heart, nosebleed
HT07Spirit Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 神門 (shén mén)
🎯 Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cardiac arrhythmias.
🛡️ Treats: anxiety, dyspnoea, palpitations, cold, heat
HT08Lesser Mansion

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少府 (shǎo fǔ)
🎯 Location: When palm faces upward, point is between 4th and 5th metacarpal bones; when fist is made point is where tip of the little finger rests.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, anxiety, palpitations, deficiency:qi, cold
HT09Lesser Surge

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🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 少沖 (shǎo chōng)
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the little finger about 01 thumb width from corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.
🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, palpitations, jaundice, deficiency:qi, heat