Acupoint+HT-1+(Ji+Quan)

 **Ji Quan ****  •  Heart ** **1** **  •  5.1.98**  //Highest Spring, Utmost Source, Source of the Axis// Entry Point. = = =Location= When the upper arm is abducted, the point is in the center of the axilla, on the medial side of the axillary artery. CAUTION: Avoid the axillary artery

=Point Summary= //Unbinds The Chest Activates the Channel// //Benefits The Arm// Local Point; Unbinds the Chest, Activates the Channel, Benefits the Arm

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
Avoid Artery

=General Indications=

Functions
Local

Indications
arthritis; local shoulder joint problems; generally for armpit problems; not very common

Special Notes
connects with brain and thus HT meridian affects the mind

=Diagnostic Indications:= Anxiety **•** Arm Cold **•** Arm Pain **•** Arthritis Shoulder **•** Cardiac Pain **•** Chest Pain **•** Elbow Problems **•** Hypochondriac Region Fullness **•** Lateral Costal Region Pain **•** Sadness **•** Shoulder Joint Soft Tissue Diseases **•** Skin Disorders **•** Thirst **•** Throat Dryness **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the heart, spleen-pancreas, lungs, opposite frontal lobes, pericardium, pectoralis major, internal upper limb, anterior distal limb, throat, extremity of the tongue Disperses the gallbladder, bladder, small intestine in excess Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Joylessness, sorrow, moral depression, regrets; heart: all troubles. respiratory passages, bronchi (asthma); lungs: pleurisy Bladder Tongue extremity Dry throat, violent thirst; dry retching Shoulder and upper limb: cold. Pectoralis major: contracture (hand pulled towards the other shoulder) Or flaccidity (hand cannot reach the other shoulder) Hemiplegia? flaccidity?
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= This point deals with the supreme controller, the god, the emperor within us. That god within us only exists by the god outside of us; they're no two separate things. They're one and they each have to be in communication with the other. The energy inside of us is the same as that outside of us. If the supreme controller loses that connection you'll start seeing chaos, uncertainty, the other officials become unruly, panic stricken. They're all dependent on the supreme controller to bring cohesion amongst all of the officials. The patient may **feel isolated, lonely, unloved and unable to love others, not know which way to turn, feel no compassion, warmth or joy, and be struggling like hell to survive. HT-1 connects to the utmost source**; the best and most reverent spring. Powerfully resurrects the heart, when the supreme controller is on the floor and HT-7 is not enough. **Touches the essence of the heart**. Essential for heart collapse at a spirit level, and mainly use at a spirit level, the person is **totally isolated - disconnected from everything; spiritually broken**. Good w/ moxa, blasting energy down the meridian. Moral depression, overly impulsive, hysteria, speech troubles, dry throat, tip of tongue numb or tender, heart inflammation, facial perspiration, cardiac pain. [JRW]

As the entry point of the heart, itself the first meridian, HT-1 may be considered the first point in the circulation of Qi in the 12 main meridians. Hence, HT-1 as a source (quan) is given the designation of utmost (ji) respect. As the polestar is the center of the universe, the sun the center of the solar system, and the emperor the center of the nation, so too is the heart the center of one's being. All of these centers represent the same energy, each having its own unique physical manifestation. HT-1 empowers the alignment of one's heart with the universal centers so that one may be nourished from the primal source. This point is of particular importance in resolving entry-exit blocks between the Spleen and Heart officials. [LJ]

One Heart. If we are on a path without a heart, we are lost. Without the love there is an inescapable feeling of isolation. Some experience of solitude is healthy, but there are those who feel absolutely unloved and unable to love others. For people who experience trauma to their heart, trauma which occurs before the pericardium has developed, or **trauma which violates them on an essential level (incest, rape, violence, and cruelty)** Good for people who are **unable to nourish or take care of themselves, who have no concept of who they are or what they are living for, or for who have been completely devastated.** Good for karmic confusion, spiritual disconnection. HT-1 centers us and takes us to meet the god inside which makes possible the connection to the god in others and the source of all. **Powerfully resurrects when "god is dead"** (lost or buried) [ALHIM]