body acupoint
Shenmen HT7
Turn your palm upward. Follow the wrist crease toward the little-finger side. Feel for the prominent tendon there. HT7 sits on the wrist crease in the small hollow just to the thumb-side of that tendon.
Educational preview · clinical review pending
Reviewed location guidance
Illustrative only · no placement diagram
Use the reviewed location illustration with the safety guidance below.
Locate
Where is it?
Turn your palm upward. Follow the wrist crease toward the little-finger side. Feel for the prominent tendon there. HT7 sits on the wrist crease in the small hollow just to the thumb-side of that tendon.
Stay on the wrist crease. Press beside the tendon, not directly on top of it.
If the tendon is difficult to feel, use the small, firm wrist bone on the little-finger side as a landmark. HT7 is on the nearby wrist crease toward the thumb side.
Landmarks
- Palmar wrist crease
- Little finger side orientation
- Thumb side orientation
- Flexor carpi ulnaris tendon
Contact
Where should my finger touch?
- Contact: Thumb or fingertip pad
- Depth: Comfortable surface pressure
- Pressure Envelope · Allowed: Steady comfortable pressure
- Pressure Envelope · Deep Pressure: Prohibited
- Pressure Envelope · Painful Pressure: Prohibited
Duration, rhythm and side order belong to the routine.
Safety
- Local Avoid: Open wound
- Local Avoid: Active rash
- Local Avoid: Significant redness or swelling
- Local Avoid: Active local infection
- Local Avoid: Recent wrist injury
- Local Avoid: Medical device or postoperative area
- Ease Or Stop If: Sharp pain
- Ease Or Stop If: Increasing tingling
- Ease Or Stop If: Numbness
- Ease Or Stop If: Unpleasant sensation
Traditional use
Traditional context
Traditionally used for settling the mind.
traditional theory
Educational preview · clinical review pending
TCM-NI-001
Modern evidence
Sleep & Relaxation · Promising
Small clinical trials in long-term-care residents are promising, but the sample and population limit generalization.
manual acupressure
Educational preview · clinical review pending
MOD-SLEEP-HT7-001
Calm & Stress · Promising
HT7 appears in situational stress research, often combined with Yintang; component effects are not isolated.
manual acupressure
Educational preview · clinical review pending
MOD-CALM-003 MOD-CALM-004
Evidence limits
Traditional use and modern evidence are separate. Component research does not validate a PointWell sequence or its timing. Content has completed PointWell’s clinical consumer-copy and release review. Exact PointWell protocols have not been clinically validated.
Evidence & Sources
References are transcribed from the supplied knowledge base. Full sources and exact location pages have not been rechecked in this implementation.
《倪海厦人纪系列之针灸教程.pdf》
TCM-NI-001 · Local reference; direct quotation not verified
MOD-SLEEP-HT7-001 · KB-listed reference
MOD-CALM-003 · KB-listed reference
MOD-CALM-004 · KB-listed reference
Safety
General self-care. PointWell offers general self-care and educational guidance and is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical care.
Stop if you feel worse. Stop the session if you feel worse. If symptoms are severe, unusual, persistent, or worsening, seek appropriate medical care.
HT7 safety. Avoid broken or infected skin. Stop for sharp pain, numbness or tingling. Persistent or severe sleep or anxiety problems need appropriate professional support.
