P6 Neiguan ( LuoConnecting Point , the Eight Confluent Point , MC6 )

Location 2 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist , between the tendons of m . palmaris longus and m . flexor radialis

Indications Cardiac pain , palpitation , stuffy chest , pain in the hypochondriac region , stomachache , nausea , vomiting . hiccup , mental disorders , epilepsy , insomnia , febrile diseases , irritability , malaria , contracture and pain of the elbow and arm .

Method Puncture perpendicularly - 0 . 5 - 0 . 8 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 .