Lou Connecting Points Flashcards
Lou point of DU
Du 1
-midway between the tip of the coccyx and the anus, locate with patient in prone position
Lou point of Kidney
KD 4
-posterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in the depression anterior to the medial side of the attachment of the achilles tendon
Lou point of Pericardium
P 6
-2 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and m. flexor radialis
Lou point of San Jiao
SJ 5
-2 cun proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist, on the line connecting SJ 4 and the tip of the olecranon, between the radius and ulna
Lou point of Gallbladder
GB 37
-5 cun directly above the tip of the external malleolus, on the anterior border of the fibula
Lou point of Liver
LV 5
Lou point of Urinary Bladder
UB 58
-7 cun directly above BL 60 on the posterior border of the fibula about 1 cun lateral and inferior to BL 57
-1 cun down and 1 cun out from UB 57
Lou point of Lung
LU 7
-Superior to the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 cun above transverse crease of wrist (proximal to), between the brachioradial muscle and the tendon of the long abductor muscle of the thumb
Lou point of LI
LI 6
-With the elbow flexed & on the radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining Yangxi LI-5 & Quchi LI-11, 3 cun above the crease of the wrist.
Lou point of ST
ST 40
-8 cun superior to the tip of the external malleolus, lateral to Tiaokou (ST-38) about two finger-breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia.
Lou point of SP
SP 4
-In depression distal and inferior to base of 1st metatarsal bone at junction of red and white skin
Lou of HT
-HT 5
-When palm faces upward point is on radial side of tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 cun above transverse crease of wrist
Lou of small intestine
SI 7
-On line joining SI-5 and SI-8, 5 cun proximal to dorsal crease of wrist
