Digest Number 646 (P 6)

[Guest guest]

Pericardium 6:

 

> Is this point in the inside of your arm, just above the wrist?

 

Yes. An easy way to find it is to bend the hand at the wrist - an L

shape. Place your ring finger on top of the hand. Triple Heater 5

is two and a half finger-widths up from the hand between the bones

on the outside of the arm, and Pericardium 6 is two and a half

fingerwidths up from the hand between the bones on the inside of the

hand. (The Triple Heater is a Yang meridian and is on the outside of

the arm; the Pericardium is a Yin meridian and is on the inside of

the arm.

 

I use the Gach suggestion for bending the hand at the wrist because

sometimes all the lines across the wrist can be confusing as to where

the hand ends and the wrist begins.

 

In Acupressure's Potent Points, Michael Reed Gach recommends holding

both TH 5 and Pericardium 6 at the same time in order to balance the

immune system. They are opposite each other. It's also easier for me

to find TH5 first.

 

I can't remember if TH 5 or Pericardium 6 are two of the points Gach

shows in the article section (sample chapters from his book) on his

acupressure.com website.

 

Victoria

[Guest guest]

I see..

They did this point (among a few others) on me the other day because I

had woken up slightly nauseated that day and still was at the

appointment.

 

> Pericardium 6:

>

> > Is this point in the inside of your arm, just above the wrist?

>

> Yes. An easy way to find it is to bend the hand at the wrist - an L

> shape. Place your ring finger on top of the hand. Triple Heater 5

> is two and a half finger-widths up from the hand between the bones

> on the outside of the arm, and Pericardium 6 is two and a half

> fingerwidths up from the hand between the bones on the inside of the

> hand. (The Triple Heater is a Yang meridian and is on the outside of

> the arm; the Pericardium is a Yin meridian and is on the inside of

> the arm.

>

[Guest guest]

> I see..

> They did this point (among a few others) on me the other day

because I

> had woken up slightly nauseated that day and still was at the

> appointment.

 

Which brings up another point. Always tell your TCM healer every

symptom, no matter how slight you may think it is.

 

Did it help the nausea?

 

Victoria

[Guest guest]

I believe so.. I was no longer nauseaus afterthe appointment. This week

she did a lot of other things too, other than for the leg injury ( a

tonification (?) treatment, since she said I am very blood deficient,

and she alos did some points to treat my coldsore)

>

> Which brings up another point. Always tell your TCM healer every

> symptom, no matter how slight you may think it is.

>

> Did it help the nausea?

>

> Victoria