Xi-cleft point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Yin" (陰) refers to hand shaoyin heart meridian (HT); "qie" (郄) refers to pores. The point xi-cleft point of hand shaoyin heart meridian (HT) cleft point, hence the name.

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Yinxi (HT6) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the pulse behind palm, 0.5 cun above wrist";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Below the large tendon near pisiform bone, in the yin division. Yinxi (HT6) is located above the tendon, while Yanggu (SI5) is below the tendon".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: between flexor carpi ulnaris tendon and flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, the deep layer is flexor digitorum profundus muscle.
• Nerve: medial cutaneous nerve of forearm, and ulnar nerve on the ulnar side.
• Vessel: ulnar artery.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 1 to 3 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 3 to 5 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

clear heart fire, subdue floating yang, calm mind, consolidate exterior.

• Classical: headache, vertigo, heart pain, palpitations, chills with aversion to cold, epistaxis, hematemesis, pharyngitis, night sweating, infantile bone steaming in children, aphonia and inability to speak, cholera, fullness in chest, cold-induced cough.
• Modern: neurasthenia, tuberculosis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Heart pain, irritability and stiff tongue: Yinxi (HT6), Zhongchong (PC9).
• Excessive fright: Yinxi (HT6), Jianshi (PC5), Erjian (LI2), Lidui (ST45).
• Night sweating: Yinxi (HT6), Houxi (SI3).