PC-6 - Inner Pass
内关 - Nèi guān
Point Region: Forearm
Location & How to Find
Anatomical Location: On the front of the forearm, between the two tendons in the middle of the wrist (palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis), 2 cun above the wrist crease. It lies opposite TE-5 on the back of the forearm. Where the palmaris longus tendon is absent, the point is on the little-finger side of the flexor carpi radialis tendon.
Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.
How to Locate:
- Make a fist and turn your palm up so the two middle tendons stand out
- From the wrist crease, measure two thumb-widths up the forearm (a little less than three finger-widths)
- The point is between the two tendons
How to Apply Pressure
Measure two thumb-widths up from the wrist crease and press between the two tendons in the middle of the forearm with the thumb, firm but never painful. Ease off if the fingers tingle, and skip it after a wrist injury or surgery.
Traditional Indications
In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Palpitations
- Anxiety
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Motion sickness
- Morning sickness
- Panic attacks
Related Health Concerns
Related Acupoints
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Important Precautions
Avoid this point with:
- Recent wrist surgery
- Severe carpal tunnel syndrome
- Acute wrist injury