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P-04 (Xi Men) Cleft Gate


Acupuncture Points on the Pericardium Channel of Hand Jue Yin

  • Xi (Cleft) Point
Invigorates blood and dispels stasis
  • Cools blood and stops bleeding
  • Calms the spirit
  • Moderates acute conditions
  • Cardiac pain, palpitation, epistaxis, hematemesis, haemoptysis chest pain, furuncle, epilepsy.
    Stagnation of the Blood in the chest and Heart with Heart, neck, and left arm pain

    Where is P-04 located?

    • A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 373): On the flexor aspect of the forearm, 5 cun proximal to Daling P-7, on the line connecting Daling P-7 and Quze P-3, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.
    • Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 200): 5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, on the line connecting Quze (PER-3) and Daling (PER-7), between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and m. flexor carpi radialis.
    Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

    Sources & References

    Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

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