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Neiguan PC6

Turn your palm upward. Find the wrist crease, then move about three finger-widths toward your elbow. PC6 is near the center of the inner forearm, usually between two prominent tendons.

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. Find the wrist crease, then move about three finger-widths toward your elbow. PC6 is near the center of the inner forearm, usually between two prominent tendons.

If you cannot clearly see or feel two tendons, that can be normal. Do not force your anatomy to match the illustration.

Finger widths are an approximate self-location guide, not an exact B-cun conversion.

Landmarks

  • Palmar wrist crease
  • Anterior forearm
  • Thumb side orientation
  • Little finger side orientation
  • Flexor carpi radialis tendon

Contact

Where should my finger touch?

  • Contact: Thumb or fingertip pad
  • Depth: Comfortable surface pressure
  • Pressure Envelope · Allowed: Firm comfortable surface pressure
  • Pressure Envelope · Painful Pressure: Prohibited
  • Pressure Envelope · Deep Probing: Prohibited

Duration, rhythm and side order belong to the routine.

Safety

  • Local Avoid: Peeling skin
  • Local Avoid: Blistering skin
  • Local Avoid: Open wound
  • Local Avoid: Rash
  • Local Avoid: Redness
  • Local Avoid: Swelling
  • Local Avoid: Warmth
  • Local Avoid: Drainage or pus
  • Local Avoid: PICC or IV region
  • Stop If: Sharp pain
  • Stop If: Increasing numbness
  • Stop If: Unusual discomfort

Traditional use

Traditional context

Traditionally associated with nausea and stomach-related practice.

traditional theory

Educational preview · clinical review pending

TCM-NI-001

Modern evidence

Nausea & Travel Comfort · Supportive

PC6 is one of the most studied acupressure points for nausea. Results do not apply to every cause of nausea.

manual acupressure

Educational preview · clinical review pending

MOD-PC6-001

Nausea & Travel Comfort · Mixed / Insufficient

Evidence specifically for motion sickness is mixed; travel use is an optional comfort practice.

acupressure band

Educational preview · clinical review pending

MOD-TRAVEL-001

After-Meal Comfort · Limited

Direct evidence for post-meal fullness is insufficient.

manual acupressure

Educational preview · clinical review pending

MOD-PC6-001

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

CDC Yellow Book 2026: Motion Sickness ↗

MOD-TRAVEL-001 · 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.

PC6 safety. Do not press broken skin, a rash, redness, swelling, warmth, discharge or infection. Stop if symptoms worsen, or unusual pain or dizziness occurs.

Used in PointWell routines

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90 sec

90-Second Wrist Practice

Learn PC6 and try a brief, gentle pressure sequence when nausea feels mild and manageable.

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5 min

5-Minute Travel Comfort

A slower bilateral PC6 practice with more time to settle before and after. If you’re traveling, use it as a comfort practice rather than a motion-sickness treatment.

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5 min

5-Minute After-Meal Comfort

A longer practice using ST36 first, followed by bilateral PC6. PC6 is especially relevant when mild queasiness is part of what you’re feeling.

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