Heart
HT7
神门 · Shenmen
Spirit Gate
The wrist point people learn for worry and sleep.
Yuan-source · Shu-stream · Earth point of the Heart
Use caution
System
- Channel
- Heart (HT)
- Element
- Fire
- Yin or yang
- yin
- Organ system
- Heart
- Region
- Hand
- Limb rule
- Hand Shaoyin
Where it is
On the wrist crease, little-finger side, in the hollow next to the tendon that leads to the little finger.
Nearby: The ulnar artery and nerve are neighbors. Find the hollow beside the tendon and stay soft.
Traditionally said to
Yuan-source and shu-stream point of the Heart. The point most students learn for calming shen — restlessness, worry, and trouble settling at night. Textbooks sometimes add poor memory when the spirit is unsettled. It is a traditional category, not a sedative and not a treatment for memory loss.
What people look up
Acupressure
Rest the wrist and press the hollow gently for 45–90 seconds. Breathe slowly.
When not to press: Stop at tingling into the little finger. Do not press if the wrist crease is inflamed.
About 30–90 seconds is the usual window, unless the step above is shorter. Stop if pain, dizziness, or anything unusual shows up.
Licensed practice only
Needle depth, angle, electroacupuncture
Textbook language for students. Not instructions. A cun is a body-inch on that person, not a ruler inch. Do not needle yourself.
Depth
Common textbook range: about 0.3–0.5 cun perpendicular.
Angle
Perpendicular, in the hollow, avoiding the tendon and the ulnar artery.
Electroacupuncture
Introductory charts rarely assign a standard electroacupuncture setting here. Clinics that use current choose frequency and intensity for that person. No milliamp figure is given, because copying one would be misleading.
Nearby on this channel
Herbs often paired for a similar pattern
A study link, not a formula and not a dose.
Tags
shenmen · spirit gate · sleep · anxiety · memory