Pericardium Meridian (手厥阴心包经)

Meridian: Pericardium Meridian of Hand-Jueyin   

International Code: PC (Pericardium Meridian)   

Circulation Time: Xushi (7:00–9:00 PM)   

Connected Zang-Fu: Pertains to the Pericardium, connects to the Triple Energizer   

Meridian with Same Name: Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin   

Interior-Exterior Meridian: Triple Energizer Meridian of Hand-Shaoyang

Brief Introduction   

The Pericardium Meridian is one of the twelve regular meridians, one of the three Yin meridians of the hand. Superiorly, it connects to the Kidney Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin inside the chest; inferiorly, it meets the Triple Energizer Meridian of Hand-Shaoyang at the tip of the ring finger. The meridian runs over the chest and hypochondrium, the middle of the medial aspect of the upper limb, the palm, and the middle finger, connecting to the Pericardium and Triple Energizer. The first point is Tianchi (PC1), the last point is Zhongchong (PC9), with 9 points on each side. It mainly treats disorders of the Pericardium Meridian: vexation, cardiac pain, and heat in the palm.

Point Descriptions

1.   Tianchi (PC1) – meeting point of the Hand and Foot Jueyin and Shaoyang Meridians – cough, excessive phlegm, chest tightness, dyspnea, chest pain, axillary swelling, breast abscess, low milk production, scrofula

2.   Tianquan (PC2) – cardiac pain, cough, chest and hypochondriac fullness, pain in the chest, back, and medial upper arm

3.   Quze (PC3) – He-Sea point – cardiac pain, palpitations, easy startling, stomach pain, hematemesis, vomiting, summer heat disorder, spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm, upper limb tremor

4.   Ximen (PC4) – Xi-Cleft point – acute cardiac pain, palpitations, vexation, chest pain, hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, boils, epilepsy

5.   Jianshi (PC5) – Jing-River point – cardiac pain, palpitations, stomach pain, vomiting, febrile disease, malaria, manic-depressive epilepsy, axillary swelling, spasmodic pain of the elbow, arm, and wrist

6.   Neiguan (PC6) – Luo-Connecting point, Eight Confluent point – cardiac pain, chest tightness, tachycardia or bradycardia, stomach pain, vomiting, hiccup, stroke, hemiplegia, dizziness, migraine, insomnia, depression, manic-depressive epilepsy, spasmodic pain of the elbow, arm, and wrist

7.   Daling (PC7) – Shu-Stream point and Yuan-Primary point – cardiac pain, palpitations, chest and hypochondriac fullness, stomach pain, vomiting, halitosis, inappropriate laughter or fear, manic-depressive epilepsy, spasmodic pain of the arm and hand

8.   Laogong (PC8) – Ying-Spring point – coma due to stroke, heatstroke, cardiac pain, vexation, manic-depressive epilepsy, mouth sores, halitosis, tinea manuum

9.   Zhongchong (PC9) – Jing-Well point – coma due to stroke, stiff tongue with aphasia, heatstroke, syncope, infantile convulsions, febrile disease, sublingual swelling and pain, infantile night crying