Acupoint+HT-7+(Shen+Men)

==    **Shen Men** **• **    **Heart** **7** **• **  **5.7.104** //Spirit Gate, Spirit's Door, Door of the Evolved Being// Shu Stream Point. Yuan Source Point. Earth Point on Fire Meridian. Sedation Point (Child). = = =Location= At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of muscle flexor carpi ulnaris.

=Point Summary= //Calms The Spirit Regulates and Tonifies the Heart// all purpose HT point for excess or deficient; HT; shen; insomnia; very nourishing

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
calms spirit; cools HT fire; tonifies HT qi, yin, and yang;

Indications
palpitations; absent mindedness; insomnia; excessive dreaming due to HT or LV fire; angina and cardiac pain; mental illness of any kind; dementia; mania; irritability and insomnia; main point for insomnia, hysteria; for five hearts heat;

Special Notes
source point; shu stream; also the dispersion point; and thus the point adjusts for different spirit problems; for anxiety with HT-7, PC-6, GV-20, BL-14, BL-15, BL-43; for forgetfulness with GV-20; for insomnia and yin deficiency use SP-6, KI-3, KI-6; SP qi an

=Diagnostic Indications:= Cardiac Pain **•** Depression **•** Dream Disturbed Sleep **•** Eyes Yellow **•** Hypochondriac Region Pain **•** Hysteria **•** Insomnia **•** Irritable **•** Loss Of Voice **•** Memory Impaired **•** Mental Disorders **•** Palm Heat **•** Palpitations **•** Seizures **•** Thirst **•** Throat Dryness

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the heart, opposite brain, spinal cord, all of the Yin meridians, shoulder and anterior upper limb; hand and thumb, palmar and dorsal muscles (pancreas w/ the left point, spleen w/ the right point) Disperses all the Yang meridians Dispersing acts in the opposite way. "Important point for illnesses of the personality and of the heart, great master point of all the internal organs, home of the evolved man [shen] and of the sexual energy"; source point of the heart Psychological troubles with excess or with physical insufficiency. With excess: excessive sorrow, frenetic sobbing, or frenetic laughter and sighing; mad anger; absurd false ideas, violent hallucinations; frenetic epilepsy ("the five epilepsies of adults and children"); insomnia from hyperexcitation. With insufficiency: little energy; numerous sighs; stubborn forgetfulness, forgets names; fear; stupidity of nature and spirit; depression to the point of cerebral anemia; anguish; shivering from cold, aversion to cold, prefers a warm climate; arms and hands cold; impeded tongue, speak poorly (flaccidity of the hyoglossal muscle). Heart: source point of the heart, corrects excess or insufficiency. Excess: heart and arteries contracted; nervous palpitations; rapid heart (tachycardia); great agitation of the heart; desire to drink cold water; sad at heart; pain in the heart, bar on the chest; "when there is an excess of energy in the heart, this point unifies the sexual energy and guides the energy"; intermittent fever w/ agitation. Insufficiency: weakness of the heat; tiring heart; weak beats w/out energy, inequal in amplitude. Arteries: hypertension, or hypotension Nose blocked, congested to the point of nosebleeds; disperse. Stomach: energy troubled, vomiting of blood: tonify, or lack of appetite (mental anorexia?): disperse. Sexual organs; hemorrhages after delivery: disperse. Flaccid urethra; does not feel the urine pass, up to the point of incontinence: tonify. Tonsillitis;asthmatic attacks; hot palms. Ganglia. Anterior shoulder; anteromedial upper limb. Hand, thumb, fingers, palmar and dorsal muscles; hand contracted. Forearm and hand: cold. Anterior lower leg: arch.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= A gate must open and close; you must be able to enjoy day and night, sunshine and darkness. If the gate is shut we’re in perpetual darkness. A shock can slam the gate shut. Nothing can penetrate inside if the gate is closed – the patient may be retreating behind a barrier; there may be excessive control, no speech, and mental closed off. Chronically sick people’s spirits are depleted and there is a wall between themselves and life. There is no longer light in the heart; their spirit needs reawakening. If this point is blocked they may say **”my will is broken, I don’t have the spirit to do this.” This point is indispensable. If the patient has given up, the ghost of this point can revitalize, reawaken their spirit**. Or this gate can be jammed open, the person can be in hyper, high spirits which later result in collapse, mental emotional shutdown, exhaustion, no will to persist, stress and general weakness. The patient may be out f control, very talkative, high spirited yet with nothing to say, manic, hallucinations. **When the heart is wobbly on any level**. Calms the fire down and **“earths” the official**. Earth was placed at the center on the old charts of the five elements and fire is built upon earth. Primary point for collapse of heart energies, builds courage. If the fire is crumbling, it needs solid earth to support. **Brings stability and the security of earth into the heart official**. A **nice point to add if control is an issue**. Effect on fluid secretions, retention of fluids, loss of taste and appetite. First aid for shock, hysteria, electric shock, heart failure, and anxiety. [JRW]

This is both the earth and the source point on the heart meridian. On the Yin meridians all source points are earth points, and the third point proximally. Three is the number of heaven, human and earth, representing the primordial Dao. Hence the source points may provide a connection to the primordial qi and earthly source qi, both pronounced yuan (but expressed w/ different characters). If this gate rusts, either open or closed, the heart may experience stress, being unable to comfortably house the mind and spirit. This point empowers the equilibrating quality of the earth element within the heart fire [LJ]

God’s Gateway. As the source point **this connects one with original archetypes, aligns one with the “design”, reestablishes the holographic pattern**. Source points draw from the universe, the source, into the meridian. This **helps the heart remember its duties and renews the heart’s contract with heaven, our higher possibilities**. The door between oneself and the universe must **appropriately open and close. Emotions are never one way,** for example we must be able to appreciate both happiness and sorrow. We are here for experience, for our spiritual evolution – sometimes we forget and lose heart. Consider this point if **control is an issue and transformation brings up fears, old issues (past lives?)**. Harmonizes heaven and earth. Good for detoxification from heavy drugs. Ghost point? Zang fu are not physical forms, they are functional energetic patterns. In their material aspect they have biological connections with the viscera in the body, but these are not their defining characteristics. The body reflects the energetic condition of the person. When the distortions of subjective experience disrupt the correspondence between the higher and the lower, the soul and the personality, heaven and earth, it is necessary to remember our connection with the source. Needling source points can help the officials (in this case the heart official), to remember their duties, to renew their contract with heaven, our higher possibilities. [ALHIM]


 * To oil the hinge in order to experience the full range of emotions**