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ON P-6 NEIGUAN

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P-6 Neiguan is one of the most important and most widely used acupuncture points. First of all, let us analyse the name “Nei Guan”. “Nei” means “inner” and there is no disagreement about this. However, the second half of the name “Guan” can have different interpretations. In ordinary, every-day language, “guan” means to “shut”, “close”, “turn off”, “lock up”. If we go to a shop and we find it closed, one would say that the shop “guan le”, i.e. it is shut or “it shut” (in the past). If we interpret “guan” in this sense, then P-6 is an “inner closure”, an “inner stop cock” or something similar. Could it be interpreted in this way? Yes, it could, and in this sense, P-6 would be the point that closes the Yin in the Interior and this should be seen in relation and analogous to T.B.-5 Waiguan, the “outer closure”, i.e. the point that closes the Yang on the outside. However, the nature of P-6 is such that it is a very dynamic point and this does not fit in with its translation as “inner ...