fire · yin
Pericardium PC
手厥阴心包经
Shou Jueyin Xinbao Jing
Heart protector
From the chest it descends the middle of the inner arm, between the tendons at the wrist, and ends at the middle finger.
Yin fire channel. PC6 is the point most people already know for nausea. It also opens the Yin Wei vessel.
- Protecting the heart in classical imagery
- Chest tightness and nausea
- Calm, paired with San Jiao
- The middle of the inner arm
- Organ system
- Pericardium
- Teaching clock
- 7–9 p.m.
Paired with San Jiao.
Points in this atlas
4 of 9 classical numbers. Add the missing ones in order beside their neighbors.
Marsh at the Crook
Middle of the elbow crease. Artery nearby, so keep it light.
Use caution
Inner Pass
The forearm point people learn for nausea and chest unease.
Great Mound
Middle of the wrist crease, a calm point next to HT7’s idea.
Use caution
Palace of Toil
Center of the palm, where a loose fist points.
Herbs that enter Pericardium
Bupleurum root
Soothes liver qi and is the shaoyang herb.
Szechuan lovage
Moves qi and blood and is the head herb in many pain formulas.
Salvia root
Moves blood and cools, with a special relationship to the heart in texts.
Uncaria vine
Cools the liver and extinguishes wind. Hooks are the medicinal part.