Pericardium

"The King's Body Guard" Not only does the pericardium physically protect the heart, its energy protects the heart from damage from emotional disturbances created by other organs, such as anger from liver and fear from kidney. The pericardium also moderates the raw sexual energies from the kidney with the all-embracing love of the heart.

7 to 9 pm is a good time to try your luck at conceiving children, or not... This also is a time of increased brain activity.

The pericardium along with the heart are associated with the brain and mental functions. Points along this channel have a strong influence the circulation of blood and are therefore useful in cardiac disorders. Mental psychosomatic and gastroenterological disorders are helped with points on the pericardium.

12 Channels

(CIRCULATION SEX, HEART CONSTRICTION, ENVELOPE OF HEART)
HAND EQUILIBRIUM YIN
PERICARDIUM MERIDIAN
POINTS: 9
ABBREVIATIONS: CX, HC, P or EH
7 to 9 pm
CHINESE: Hsin Pao Ching
ALARM CV-17 Location: at the midline of the sternum at the level of the nipples with patient laying supine.
TONIFICATION CX-9 (Zhongchong) Location: At the midpoint of the tip of the middle finger.
SEDATION CX-7 (Daling) Location: At the midpoint of the transverse crease of wrist between the tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.
ENTRY CX-l (Tianchi) Location: 1 cun lateral to the nipple in the 4th intercostal space.
SOURCE CX-7 (Daling) Location: At the midpoint of the transverse creae of the wrist between the tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.
ASSOCIATED BL-14 (Jueyinshu) Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th thoracic vertebra.
LUO CX-6 (Neiguan) Location: 2 cun above the transverse crease of palmer side of wrist between the radius and the ulna.
EXIT CX-8 (Laogong) Location: In the middle of the palm, between the middle and the ring fingers, adjacent to the 3rd metacarpal bone.
ACCUMULATION CX-4 (Ximen) Location: 5 cun above the transverse crease of wrist, between the tendons on palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.