Lung Channel Flashcards
Front Mu point of the Lung channel?
LU 1
Back Shu of the Lung channel?
Location?
UB 13
Level with lower border of T3
Yuan source point of the Lung channel?
LU 9
Master/Confluent point of the Lung channel?
Ren Mai LU 7
Face-Lung point name?
Location?
Yintang
Between eyebrows
Scalp Upper Jiao point of the Lung channel?
Location? Indications?
UB 3
At the anterior hairline.
Acute asthma, heart attack.
Ear-Lung point location?
Which point for which lung?
Other useful ear points and indications?
In cavum concha, to either side of Heart.
Left ear: upper Lung is right lung.
Trachea (cough), Adrenal pt (resp infxn), Ear Root pts (acute asthma attacks).
Secondary channels of the Lung? (meeting points?)
Divergent/Bie (ST 12, LI 18)
Sinew (LI 15, ST 12)
LU 1 name / translation?
Location?
Zhong Fu / Middle Palace.
Below clavicle, in 1st intercostal space (below LU-2).
LU 1 notes & indications?
Mu Point; Dx pt for lung TB, lung abscess.
Lung yin xu; dry, hot or bloody cough; chronic grief.
LU 3 name / translation?
Location?
Tian Fu / Sky Palace.
Lateral edge of bicep, on line to LU-5, below deltoid.
LU 3 notes & indications?
Sky Window - balances above and below;
cools, clears, & calms; increases oxygen.
Po / Psychospiritual issues (sadness, weeping, disorientation, forgetfulness, somnolence, insomnia, delirious speech).
LU 5 name / translation?
Location?
Chi Ze / Cubit Marsh (also “narrow-minded”)
Deepest hollow of inner elbow crease.
LU 5 notes & indications?
He Sea (Water); treats yin; regulates water; relaxes sinews; clears heat (shi or xu) Dry cough, chronic grief, cancer and chemotherapy/radiation.
Extra pt on Lung channel: name, location indication?
Ze Qian. 1 cun distal to LU 5. Thyroid pain, regulation of hypo and hyper-thyroid.
LU 6 location?
5 cun distal to LU 5, on line to LU 9
LU 6 notes & indications?
Xi-Cleft pt.
Acute or severe cough; blood-related: blood-tinged phlegm, nosebleed, TB; moistens (hint: blood).
LU 6 name / translation? (e.c.)
Kong Zui / Vast Extreme, or ‘Maximum Opening’ in Deadman
LU 7 location?
On LI channel, 1.5 cun proximal to wrist, In cleft between tendons of brachio-radialis & abductor pollicis longus. Palpate for notch in groove
LU 7 name & translation? (e.c.)
Lie Que / Broken Sequence (Lightening).
Fruehauf: Lie = cut, correct, order, control.
Que = missing, lack.
Lie Que = treat what is broken, by implication for people who are ‘broken’ or disordered.
LU 7 notes & indications?
Ren channel Confluent/Master pt; Luo pt; releases exterior (Wind); ruler of head & nape.
Excess Water & phlegm; chronic and emotional conditions; headache.
LU 8 location, notes, indications?
1 cun proximal LU 9; roughly the guan position.
Jing-River (Metal) / Horary pt
LU 9 name / translation?
Location?
Tai Yuan / Great Abyss.
On wrist crease, at center of cun/distal position. Between radial artery and tendon of abductor pollicis longus. Level with HT 7.
LU 9 notes & indications?
Yuan-Source pt; Shu-Stream (Earth); tonifies organ and channel; ‘union of veins & arteries’.
Pain; phlegm; deficiency; varicose veins, coronary artery disease.
LU 10 location?
On thenar eminence of palm, close to middle of first metacarpal
LU 10 notes & indications?
Ying-Spring (Fire) pt; Harmonizes HT & ST; treats acute/severe/hot (yang) conditions, the channel and throat.
Thick phlegm, burning cough.
LU 10 name / translation? (e.c.)
Yu Ji / Fish Border
Fruehauf: the fish is on the upper border of the water, ready to fly - working with boundaries. Fish also depicted in art as swimming together - connubial bliss. So, LU 10 may apply to working with relationship and boundary issues
Extra pt near Lung channel for infections?
Location, notes & indications?
Zhi Wu / Dirty Wound.
Middle of the back of the thumb’s proximal phalange.
Very effective; not on Lung channel, but a blood vessel nearby; may be bled.
Anything resembling a dirty wound: abscess, infection, suppuration…
LU 11 location, notes & indications?
At inner corner of thumb nail-bed.
Jing-Well pt; often bled; releases heat, severe fire; revives consciousness, treats mania; benefits throat (“childhood throat moth”)
LU 11 name / translation? (e.c.)
Shao Shang / Lesser Arbitrator.
Fruehauf: Shang also name for a star at the Heart of the Dragon/Antares constellation; shaoshang also name of a metal type of constitution in Neijing.
