Name
內關
- Nei Guan
- Internal Gate
Location
2 CUN above the wrist crease, between the two tendons of the major and minor palmar muscles.
Nature
- Connecting (Luo) Point, communicates with the Triple Burner Channel
- Opening and Crossing point Yin Linking Vessel
Functions
- Emotional and digestive problems that cause nausea, vomiting, heartburn, chest pain and oppression
- Cardiovascular problems, tachycardia, oppression, arrhythmia
- Regulates Qi mechanism in case of Liver stagnation: depression, anxiety
- Unblocks: fatigue, lack of initiative (deficiency of Qi and Blood). Helps move stagnant Gathering Qi in the chest
- Calms the Shen: facilitates sleep
- As a local point: chronic carpal tunnel pain
Connecting (Luo) Point
- Fullness: heart pain (oppression)
- Emptiness: Heart vexation, irritability, nervousness. Stiffness of neck and head.
Comments
If draining the Liver, the Pericardium must also be drained: Drainage point. Regulates Qi and Blood of the Heart: releases the chest, harmonizes the Stomach and calms the Shen.
Treatment
- Needling: 0.3 CUN