Heart Channel
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A 28-year-old female complains of insomnia and anxiety. You note that she has a pale complexion, and she also reports that she has palpitations. Her tongue is pale, and her pulse is thin and choppy. You diagnose her with Heart Blood Deficiency. What point could you use to tonify Heart blood and calm shen?
The name of HT-7 is "Shen Men", so it is especially useful for calming shen. It is the Yuan-Source point, so it tonifies the Heart, especially Heart blood.
Source: "Heart Patterns." The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, by Giovanni Maciocia, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005, p. 469. [Q43]