P5 Jianshi ( JingRiver Point , MC5 )

Location 3 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist , between the tendons of m . palmaris longus and m . flexor carpi radialis

Indications Cardiac pain , palpitation , stomachache , vomiting , febrile diseases , irritability , malaria , mental disorders , epilepsy , swelling of the axilla , contracture of the elbow and arm .

Method Puncture perpendicularly - 0 . 5 - - 1 . 0 inch . Moxibustion is applicable .

Vasculatlire The median artery and vein deeper , the anterior interosseous artery and vein .

Innervation The medial and lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerves , the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve ; deeper , the anterior interosseous nerve .