HT7 (Shenmen, “Shenmen”) is the Shu-Stream point point of the Heart Channel of Hand-Shaoyin Meridian. It is located on the palmar aspect of the wrist, at the wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, just ulnar to the pisiform bone. It calms the Spirit, regulates the Heart, clears Heart Fire, tonifies Heart Qi and Blood, regulates Qi rebellion.
On the palmar aspect of the wrist, at the wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, just ulnar to the pisiform bone.
Perpendicular insertion 0.3-0.5 cun.
Calms the Spirit, regulates the Heart, clears Heart Fire, tonifies Heart Qi and Blood, regulates Qi rebellion.
Laughing as if mad, mania, sadness, fear, fright, palpitations, dementia, forgetfulness, insomnia, poor memory, heart pain, vexation, malaria, yellow eyes, hypochondriac pain, shortness of breath, vomiting blood, spitting blood, shivering with cold, upwardly surging qi, urinary incontinence, arm and hand coldness, arm and hand contraction, palm heat, retching, loss of voice, epilepsy, infantile epilepsy.
As the Yuan-Source and Shu-Stream point of the Heart channel, Shenmen is the primary point for regulating the Heart and calming the Spirit. Its classical indications strongly support its use for a wide range of psycho-emotional disorders, including mania, anxiety, sadness, and insomnia, as well as for Heart-related physical symptoms like palpitations and chest pain. The classics also mention its ability to treat bleeding disorders like vomiting blood and to address issues of incontinence, demonstrating its role in consolidating and regulating the body's core functions.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《備急千金要方》 Bèijí Qiānjīn Yàofāng — Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies, c. 650 · 第二十九 · Source: Wikisource ↗
神門，在掌後銳骨端陷者中According to this text, HT7 lies in the depression at the end of the pointed bone behind the palm.
《醫學入門》 Yīxué Rùmén — Introduction to Medicine, Li Chan, 1575 · 治病要穴 · Source: Wikisource ↗
神门主惊悸，怔忡，呆痴等疾，及卒中鬼邪，恍惚振禁，小儿惊痫The text records that HT7 was used for fright palpitations, racing heart, dullness and similar disorders, as well as sudden possession by ghost-evil, trance with trembling, and fright epilepsy in children.
《醫學綱目·刺灸》 Yīxué Gāngmù · Cìjiǔ — Outline of Medicine: Needling and Moxibustion, Lou Ying, 1565 · 卷之八·陰陽臟腑部 · 穴法下 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
神門二穴，土也，皆掌後銳骨之端陷中，手少陰脈之所經也，為俞。 針入三分，留七呼，灸七壯According to this text, HT7 is an earth point lying in the depression at the end of the pointed bone behind the palm, where the hand Shaoyin passes; it is the stream (shu) point. Needling is 3 fen, retained for 7 breaths, with 7 moxa cones.
《醫宗金鑑·刺灸心法要訣》 Yīzōng Jīnjiàn · Cìjiǔ Xīnfǎ Yàojué — Golden Mirror of Medicine: Essential Teachings on Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Wu Qian et al., 1742 · 卷一 · 十二經表裡原絡總歌 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
手少陰心經病，可刺本經里之原穴，即神門穴也The text records that for disorders of the hand Shaoyin heart channel, one may needle the source (yuan) point of this channel, namely HT7.
HT7 is one of 9 points on the Heart Channel of Hand-Shaoyin Meridian. Nearby points:
HT7 (Shenmen) is located on the palmar aspect of the wrist, at the wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, just ulnar to the pisiform bone.
HT7 calms the Spirit, regulates the Heart, clears Heart Fire, tonifies Heart Qi and Blood, regulates Qi rebellion. Common clinical indications include laughing as if mad, mania, sadness, fear, fright, palpitations, dementia, forgetfulness, insomnia, poor memory, heart pain, vexation, malaria, yellow eyes, hypochondriac pain, shortness of breath, vomiting blood, spitting blood, shivering with cold, upwardly surging qi, urinary incontinence, arm and hand coldness, arm and hand contraction, palm heat, retching, loss of voice, epilepsy, infantile epilepsy.
Perpendicular insertion 0.3-0.5 cun. Caution: The Huangdi Neijing states that if the pulse related to Shenmen is exhausted, it is a fatal sign, highlighting the point's deep connection to the Heart's vitality.
HT7 is a point on the Heart Channel of Hand-Shaoyin Meridian (Shǒu Shàoyīn Xīnjīng).