cleft point.

[Origin]

Yin refers to hand lesser yin heart meridian (HT); Qie refers to pores. The point belongs to hand lesser yin heart meridian (HT) cleft point, hence the name.

[Location]

Yinqie acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the back pulse of the palm, remove the wrist for five minutes";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "In the Dui GuYin under Dajin fenjian, Yinxi (HT6) is above the tendons, Yanggu (SI5) is under the tendons."

[Anatomy]

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

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 0.3～0.5 inches. moxa cone moxibustion 1 to 3 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 3 to 5 minutes.

[Efficacy]

clearing heart fire, quenching the yang deficiency, calming the mind and strengthening the external points.

• Classical: headache, vertigo, heart pain, palpitations, aversion to cold, epistaxis, hematemesis, pharyngitis, night sweating, infantile bone steaming, aphonia, inability to speak, cholera, fullness in the chest, cold cough.
• Modern: neurasthenia, lung Jiehexue.

[Recipe]

• Heart pain, irritability and strong tongue: Yinxi (HT6), Zhongchong (PC9).
• How surprising: Yinxi (HT6), Jianshi (PC5), Erjian (LI2), Lidui (ST45).
• night sweating: Yinxi (HT6), Houxi (SI3).