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Lung Channel Flashcards

1
Q

Front Mu point of the Lung channel?

A

LU 1

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Back Shu of the Lung channel?

Location?

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UB 13

Level with lower border of T3

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3
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Yuan source point of the Lung channel?

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LU 9

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Master/Confluent point of the Lung channel?

A

Ren Mai LU 7

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5
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Face-Lung point name?

Location?

A

Yintang

Between eyebrows

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Scalp Upper Jiao point of the Lung channel?

Location? Indications?

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UB 3
At the anterior hairline.
Acute asthma, heart attack.

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Ear-Lung point location?
Which point for which lung?
Other useful ear points and indications?

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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).

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Secondary channels of the Lung? (meeting points?)

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Divergent/Bie (ST 12, LI 18)

Sinew (LI 15, ST 12)

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9
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LU 1 name / translation?

Location?

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Zhong Fu / Middle Palace.

Below clavicle, in 1st intercostal space (below LU-2).

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LU 1 notes & indications?

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Mu Point; Dx pt for lung TB, lung abscess.

Lung yin xu; dry, hot or bloody cough; chronic grief.

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LU 3 name / translation?

Location?

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Tian Fu / Sky Palace.

Lateral edge of bicep, on line to LU-5, below deltoid.

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LU 3 notes & indications?

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Sky Window - balances above and below;
cools, clears, & calms; increases oxygen.
Po / Psychospiritual issues (sadness, weeping, disorientation, forgetfulness, somnolence, insomnia, delirious speech).

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LU 5 name / translation?

Location?

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Chi Ze / Cubit Marsh (also “narrow-minded”)

Deepest hollow of inner elbow crease.

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LU 5 notes & indications?

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He Sea (Water); treats yin; regulates water; relaxes sinews; clears heat (shi or xu)
Dry cough, chronic grief, cancer and chemotherapy/radiation.
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15
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Extra pt on Lung channel: name, location indication?

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Ze Qian. 1 cun distal to LU 5. Thyroid pain, regulation of hypo and hyper-thyroid.

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16
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LU 6 location?

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5 cun distal to LU 5, on line to LU 9

17
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LU 6 notes & indications?

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Xi-Cleft pt.

Acute or severe cough; blood-related: blood-tinged phlegm, nosebleed, TB; moistens (hint: blood).

18
Q

LU 6 name / translation? (e.c.)

A

Kong Zui / Vast Extreme, or ‘Maximum Opening’ in Deadman

19
Q

LU 7 location?

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On LI channel, 1.5 cun proximal to wrist, In cleft between tendons of brachio-radialis & abductor pollicis longus. Palpate for notch in groove

20
Q

LU 7 name & translation? (e.c.)

A

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.

21
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LU 7 notes & indications?

A

Ren channel Confluent/Master pt; Luo pt; releases exterior (Wind); ruler of head & nape.
Excess Water & phlegm; chronic and emotional conditions; headache.

22
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LU 8 location, notes, indications?

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1 cun proximal LU 9; roughly the guan position.

Jing-River (Metal) / Horary pt

23
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LU 9 name / translation?

Location?

A

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.

24
Q

LU 9 notes & indications?

A

Yuan-Source pt; Shu-Stream (Earth); tonifies organ and channel; ‘union of veins & arteries’.
Pain; phlegm; deficiency; varicose veins, coronary artery disease.

25
Q

LU 10 location?

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On thenar eminence of palm, close to middle of first metacarpal

26
Q

LU 10 notes & indications?

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Ying-Spring (Fire) pt; Harmonizes HT & ST; treats acute/severe/hot (yang) conditions, the channel and throat.
Thick phlegm, burning cough.

27
Q

LU 10 name / translation? (e.c.)

A

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

28
Q

Extra pt near Lung channel for infections?

Location, notes & indications?

A

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…

29
Q

LU 11 location, notes & indications?

A

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”)

30
Q

LU 11 name / translation? (e.c.)

A

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.

Points I (5 decks)

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