Heart Shu
Xinshu · 心俞 · ซินซู
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Location
1.5 cun lateral to the dorsal midline at the 5th intercostal space.
Landmark: 5th intercostal space.
Actions and Indications
Tonifies the heart and calms the spirit.
Needling
Oblique toward the midline, 0.5-1 cm.
Cautions
Never perpendicular.
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Conditions That Use This Point
Often Used Together With
Inner Pass 內關
Regulates qi in the chest, stops nausea and vomiting, calms the spirit.
Supreme Surge 太衝
Regulates liver qi, relieves stress, stops seizures; with LI-4 forms the Four Gates.
Spirit Gate 神門
Calms the spirit and tonifies the heart — the principal point for behaviour work.
An Shen (calm spirit) 安神
Calms the spirit and settles panic.
Hundred Convergences 百會
Raises yang, calms the spirit, opens the mind.
Great Mound 大陵
Calms the spirit and drains pericardium fire.