HT 6 - Acupuncture Point - Yin Xi

HT 6 Names

• English Name: Yin Cleft
• Pinyin Name: Yin Xi
• Chinese Character: 陰郄

Location

• .5 cun above the wrist crease on the radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, on the HT 3 - HT 7 line.
• For point location tips, read our meridian notes; unsure about "cun" measurements, read what is a cun?.

HT 6 Clinical Uses

• Night sweats, Steaming Bone Disorders, tonify Yin and Blood.  Often used with SI 3 for nightsweats.
• Acute chest and/or heart pain from Blood stasis.  Palpitations, although HT 5 may be better.
• Acute emotional disturbances - mania, anxiety, shock, sudden loss of voice.
• Counterflow qi - panic attacks, vomiting blood, nosebleeds.

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HT 6 Point Associations

HT 6 TCM Patterns

This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following TCM Patterns:

• Heart Yin Deficiency
• Heart Blood Stagnation

For more on this, read "What Does Acupuncture Treat?" and "Point Prescription Guidelines".

HT 6 Conditions Treated

This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following Conditions / Symptoms:

• Night Sweats (Sleep Hyperhidrosis)
• Steaming Bone Disorder
• Chest Pain
• Palpitations
• Anxiety
• Manic Depression
• Panic Attack
• Nosebleed (Epistaxis)

For more on this, read "What Does Acupuncture Treat?" and "Point Prescription Guidelines".