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Location
When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 0.5 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist.
Categories
- Xi-Cleft point of the Heart meridian
The classical groups this point belongs to, from Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture.
Cautions
Caution in cardiac arrhythmias.
Indications
Conditions for which HT06 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Counterflow InversionCounterflow QiFire Heat DeficiencyDeficiency-heat FireAcute DisorderSteaming Bone DisorderTurmoil DisorderEpilepsyFrightChest FullnessGhost Syndrome Fright QiNosebleedCardiac PainHeart PainHeart Stabbing PainPalpitationsNight SweatsSweating Night-timeVoice LossVomiting Blood
TCM actions
What classical sources say HT06 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Protocols using HT06
- Sweating, Lassitude, Poor Appetite, Palpitation, Chest Precordial Pain, Loose Stool – LI04, ST36, HT06, BL15, BL17, PC06, LV03, CV14, CV17 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(08)60034-5 ↗)
- Cerebrovascular Ischemic, Limbs Problems, Limbs Numbness, Lips Dark Purple, Gum Dark Purple, Tongue Dark, Ecchymosis, Vein Varicose Sublingual, Pulse Uneven – ST36, ST40, HT06, BL65, PC04, PC06, GB20 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(10)60002-7 ↗)
- Shortness of Breath, Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation, Chronic Bronchitis, Dampness, Yin Deficiency Liver, Yin Deficiency Kidney, Yin Deficiency Heart, Blood Stagnation – LU07, LI04, ST40, SP06, HT06, BL17, BL23, KD03, PC06, GB20, LV03, LV08 (doi:10.1136/acupmed-2013-010380 ↗)
- Coronary Heart Disease, Chest Pain, Angina Stable – HT03, HT06, HT07, PC03, PC06, CV17 (doi:10.1155/2021/7228033 ↗)
- Neuropathic Pain, Allodynia, Post-stroke Pain, Thalamic Pain – SP10, HT06, KD06, PC04 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000022611 ↗)
- Chest Pain, Postoperative Pain – HT03, HT04, HT05, HT06, HT07, PC03, PC05, PC06, PC07 (doi:10.51507/j.jams.2023.16.4.133 ↗)
- Atrial Fibrillation – LU07, LI04, ST40, SP06, HT06, BL17, BL23, KD03, PC06, GB20, LV03, LV08, CVC01, CVC02, TF10 (doi:10.1136/acupmed-2013-010380 ↗)
- Angina Pectoris – HT03, HT06, HT07, PC03, PC06, CV17 (doi:10.1155/2021/7228033 ↗)
- Neck Pain, Cervical Spondylosis Neck Type – LI11, HT06, BL10, BL17, TB05, GB20, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02C6 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2018.11.006 ↗)
- Sweating Excessive, Sweating Excessive – LI04, LI11, HT06, KD07, LV03, GV14 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
- Hot Flushes, Hot Flushes – ST09, SP06, HT06, KD03, KD06, LV03, CV04, GV15 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
- Sweating Nighttime, Sweating Nighttime – LI04, HT06, SI03, BL43, KD07, GV14 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
- Heart Blood Stagnation, Heart Blood Stagnation – LI16, HT01, HT05, HT06, HT09, SI03, XB02T5 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Heart Yin Deficiency, Heart Yin Deficiency – ST27, ST45, HT06, HT07, BL14, BL15, KD04, XB02T4, XB02T5 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
- Constipation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Constipation-predominant – ST25, ST36, SP03, SP06, HT06, BL18, BL20, BL23, BL25, KD03, KD06, PC06, GB34, LV03, CV06, CV12 (Anastasi Joyce K et al.. The Treatment of Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Acupuncture and Moxibustion: A Case Report.. The Journal of Chinese medicine, 2022)
- Hyperhidrosis – HT06, HT07 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Hyperhidrosis – LI04, HT06, HT07, KD07 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Hyperhidrosis – LI04, HT06, KD07 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Dysphagia – HT06, KD06, CV22, CV23 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside HT06
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with HT06. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- PC06Inner Gate8 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley7 protocols
- HT07Spirit Gate6 protocols
- LV03Great Surge6 protocols
- BL17Diaphragm Shu Point4 protocols
- GB20Wind Pool4 protocols
- KD03Great Stream4 protocols
- KD06Shining Sea4 protocols
- KD07Returning Flow4 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection4 protocols
- BL23Kidney Shu Point3 protocols
- CV17Chest Centre3 protocols