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Pericardium Channel — Teaching Deck (8 points)

P-1

Tianchi "Heavenly Pool"
Pericardium ChannelWindow of Heaven PointMeeting Point (Pericardium • Liver • Gall Bladder • Triple Burner)

Location

Location of P-1 (Tianchi)

Actions

  • Opens the chest, promotes the descending of Qi and resolves Phlegm
  • Dissipates nodules
  • Benefits the breasts
Key point: A rarely-used local point for breast pain from Liver-Qi stagnation — impractical to needle in practice when the breast is tender and distended, so the author notes it's mostly reserved instead for Phlegm obstructing the Lungs.

Indications

Respiratory

Cough with profuse sputum, rattling sound in the throat, oppression of the chest, breathlessness.

Phlegm

Swelling in the axilla, scrofula of the neck.

Breast

Breast disease, breast abscess, insufficient lactation.

Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    P-3

    Quze "Marsh on Bend"
    Pericardium ChannelSea (He) PointWater Point

    Location

    Location of P-3 (Quze)

    Actions

    • Clears Heat and cools Blood
    • Harmonizes the Stomach and subdues rebellious Qi
    • Moves Qi and Blood in the chest
    • Calms the Mind
    • Extinguishes interior Wind
    • Invigorates Blood and eliminates stasis
    Key point: Clears Heat at the Nutritive-Qi/Blood level in late-stage febrile disease (macular rash, convulsions) — and, unusually for one point, also invigorates Blood and eliminates stasis, treating both the Heat itself and its long-term Blood-stasis consequence.

    Indications

    Febrile Disease

    Agitation, mental restlessness, delirium, cold hands, fever at night, dry mouth, coughing or vomiting of blood, macules.

    Digestive

    Vomiting, nausea, epigastric pain.

    Heart / Mental

    Heart pain, palpitations, tightness below the heart, fright, anxiety, mental restlessness.

    Musculoskeletal

    Tremor of hands or head, paralysis of arm.

    Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    • Subdues rebellious Stomach-Qi - nausea and vomiting.
    • Used for chronic Blood-Heat skin disease and Blood stasis in the chest.
    • Calms the Mind for severe anxiety caused by Heart-Fire.

    P-4

    Ximen "Cleft Door"
    Pericardium ChannelAccumulation (Xi) Point

    Location

    Location of P-4 (Ximen)

    Actions

    • Invigorates Blood and eliminates stasis
    • Cools Blood and stops bleeding
    • Calms the Mind
    • Removes obstructions from the channel and stops pain
    Key point: The point of choice for arrhythmia and palpitations — as an Xi point, its acute pain-stopping nature combines with a special calming, rhythm-regulating action on the Heart.

    Indications

    Heart / Chest

    Chest pain, heart pain.

    Bleeding

    Coughing of blood, vomiting of blood, nosebleed.

    Mental

    Agitation, anxiety, insomnia, mental restlessness, depression, fright.

    Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    • Invigorates Blood for chest pain from Heart-Blood stasis.
    • Cools Blood - used for Blood-Heat skin disease.
    • Strengthens the Mind in Heart deficiency - fear, anxiety, insomnia, depression.

    P-5

    Jianshi "Intermediary"
    Pericardium ChannelRiver (Jing-River) PointMetal PointMeeting Point — 3 Arm Yin Channels

    Location

    Location of P-5 (Jianshi)

    Actions

    • Calms the Mind, opens the Mind's orifices and resolves Phlegm in the Heart
    • Harmonizes the Stomach and subdues rebellious Qi
    • Invigorates Blood and regulates menstruation
    Key point: The main point to resolve Phlegm obstructing the Mind's orifices — from acute delirium and coma (Blood-level febrile disease) to chronic manic depression and epilepsy with foaming at the mouth (a classic sign of Phlegm).

    Indications

    Mental

    Palpitations, agitation, oppression of the chest, manic behaviour, fright, mental restlessness, poor memory, “seeing ghosts”.

    Digestive

    Epigastric pain, vomiting, nausea.

    Gynaecological

    Irregular menstruation, painful periods, clotted menstrual blood, retention of lochia.

    Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    • Subdues rebellious Stomach-Qi for nausea and vomiting.
    • Invigorates Blood and regulates menstruation via the Pericardium-Liver (Terminal Yin) relationship.
    • An empirical point for malaria.

    P-6

    Neiguan "Inner Gate"
    Pericardium ChannelConnecting (Luo) PointOpening Point — Yin Linking Vessel (Yin Wei Mai)

    Location

    Location of P-6 (Neiguan)

    Actions

    • Opens the chest and moves Qi and Blood
    • Calms the Mind
    • Moves Liver-Qi
    • Harmonizes the Stomach
    Key point: One of the most important points in all of acupuncture — moves Qi and Blood in the chest, calms the Mind, and harmonizes the Stomach all at once, giving it an extraordinarily broad range across Heart, Liver and Stomach patterns.

    Indications

    Chest / Heart

    Chest pain, palpitations, tightness of the chest.

    Mental

    Insomnia, manic behaviour, poor memory, anxiety, fright, sadness, depression.

    Liver / Digestive

    Hypochondrial distension and pain, nausea, vomiting, hiccup, belching, epigastric distension and pain.

    Gynaecological

    Irregular and painful periods.

    Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    • Point of choice for chest discomfort or pain from Qi or Blood stagnation.
    • Calms the Mind via both the Heart and (indirectly) the Liver - especially effective for premenstrual depression and irritability in women; promotes sleep.
    • The go-to point for nausea and vomiting, and most Excess Stomach patterns.
    • Via its Luo connection to the Triple Burner: effective for occipital neck ache, especially after hysterectomy.
    • Via the Liver-Uterus connection: regulates irregular or painful periods.
    • Name debate: “Inner Closure” (a stop-cock closing Yin internally, paired with T.B.-5's “Outer Closure” for Yang) vs. the author's preferred reading, “Inner Critical Juncture” - a dynamic pass-through point, which better matches its true energetic character than a simple “closure”.

    P-7

    Daling "Great Hill"
    Pericardium ChannelSource (Yuan) & Stream (Shu) PointEarth PointDrainage Point

    Location

    Location of P-7 (Daling)

    Actions

    • Calms the Mind and opens the Mind's orifices
    • Clears Heat and Toxic Heat
    • Harmonizes the Stomach
    Key point: Historically was even used as the Heart's own Source point in the earliest texts (Spiritual Axis, ch. 1) — shares HE-7's Mind-calming function almost entirely, but The author's clinical distinction: P-7 for women, Excess and Warm-disease patterns; HE-7 for men and Deficiency patterns.

    Indications

    Mental

    Insomnia, manic behaviour, palpitations, agitation, mental restlessness, sadness, fright.

    Heat

    Febrile disease, red eyes, thirst, eczema of the hands, carbuncles, furuncles.

    Digestive

    Epigastric pain, vomiting.

    Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    • Comparison with HE-7 (both nourish Heart-Blood): HE-7 is gentler, better for Deficiency patterns, not used for Warm diseases, and better in men; P-7 is better for Excess patterns, important in Warm diseases (macules), stronger at opening the Mind's orifices and treating severe anxiety, and better in women - especially for emotional upset from the breakdown of relationships.
    • Also clears Heart-Fire specifically - useful for great anxiety, mental restlessness or manic behaviour.

    P-8

    Laogong "Labour Palace"
    Pericardium ChannelSpring (Ying) PointFire Point

    Location

    Location of P-8 (Laogong)

    Actions

    • Clears Heart-Fire
    • Clears Heat and cools Blood
    • Calms the Mind
    Key point: The most effective point on the Pericardium channel to clear Heart-Fire — as the Spring point, a particularly dynamic Heat-clearer, with a specific effect on tongue ulcers from Heart-Fire.

    Indications

    Heat

    Tongue ulcers from Heart-Fire, high fever at night, delirium.

    Mental

    Mania, emotional upset deriving from the breaking of relationships.

    Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    • In acute febrile disease, clears Heat and cools Blood at the Nutritive-Qi level.
    • Shares with P-7 a specific indication for emotional upset from relationship breakdown.

    P-9

    Zhongchong "Centre Rush"
    Pericardium ChannelWell (Jing) PointWood PointTonification Point

    Location

    Location of P-9 (Zhongchong)

    Actions

    • Clears Heat and restores consciousness
    • Extinguishes interior Wind
    • Calms the Mind
    Key point: Used (with the other hand Well points) for acute Wind-stroke resuscitation — extinguishing interior Wind and restoring consciousness, the channel's emergency point.

    Indications

    Emergency

    Loss of consciousness, Wind-stroke.

    Heat / Mental

    Fever, agitation, anxiety, palpitations, insomnia.

    Clinical Pearls (summarized from Comments)

    • Also clears Heat broadly, whether chronic with mental symptoms or acute Nutritive-Qi-level Heat.