Name

郄門

• Xi Men
• Cleft Gate
• Gate of the Limit

Location

5 cun above the wrist crease, between the tendons of the major and minor palmar muscles.

Nature

Xi-Cleft point

Actions

• Unblocks the Channel in acute conditions: angina pectoris (squeezing), arrhythmias, sensation of fear, precordial pain, nausea, vomiting, epistaxis from hypertension. Cardiovascular or coronary problem. Acute mastitis
• Cools the Blood: cough with blood, vomiting of blood (Heart-Fire), boils, scarlet fever, measles
• Calms the Shen: Fear of people, facial flushing, voice changes when speaking with strangers

Comments

Calms precordial pain, releases the chest

Treatment

• Needling: 0.3 cun

Interactions

• Pulmonary tuberculosis: LU-5, BL-13
• Eczema: BL-17, SP-10, SP-6, ST-36
• Heart pain: PC-6, BL-15, BL-17, CV-14