穴义

神，心神；门，门户。
心藏神。此穴为心神之门户。

Meaning

Shen, mind; men, door.
The heart houses the mind. This point is a door for the mind.

定位

腕横纹尺侧端，尺侧腕屈肌腱桡侧缘凹陷中。

Location

at the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpiulnaris.

主治

1、镇静安神，治失眠，癫痫，发狂。
2、心脏病要穴，治心悸，心痛，心动过速，心律不齐等。
3、局部治腕关节痛，尺神经麻痹等。

Indication

1. insomnia, epilepsy, psychosis.
2. main point for heart disease, such as palpitation, cardiac pain, tachycardia, arrhythmia, etc.
3. pain of wrist joint, numbness of ulnar nerve.

针法

1、从上向下直刺。
2、从尺侧向桡侧直刺0.3～0.5寸。

Method

1. puncture perpendicularly from the upper part downward.
2. puncture perpendicularly from the ulnar side to the radial side 0.3～0.5 cun.

备考

输穴，原穴。
治心病要穴。

Remarks

Shu-Stream and Yuan-Source Point.
Main Point for heart diseases.