Lung Channel of the Hand Tai Yin: Indications

Question 1

LU1: Zhong Fu

Answer 1

Cough, coughing turbid phlegm, coughing blood and pus, dyspnea, wheezing, asthma, fullness of the chest, chest pain, breathing with raised shoulders, oppression of the chest with difficult breathing, diminished qi with inability to lie down, Heat in the chest, aversion to cold, chills, and fever sweating, throat painful obstruction, nasal congestion, swelling of the face, difficult ingestion, vomiting, gall bladder bile heat vomiting, retching, abdominal distention, skin pain, running piglet qi with lumbar pain, goiter, pain of the upper back and shoulder

Question 2

LU2: Yun Men

Answer 2

Cough, wheezing, asthma, dyspnea with inability to lie down, shortness of breath, oppressive and agitated sensation in the chest, heat in the chest, oppression and pain in the chest, upswing of the qi to the heart, sudden pain of the heart and abdomen, pain of the lateral costal region and back, pain of the back and shoulders, pain of the shoulder with inability to raise the arm, pain of the supraclavicular fossa, interrupted pulse which cannot be fat at the cun position, throat painful obstruction, goiter, injury by cold giving rise to persistent head in the limbs.

Question 3

LU3: Tian Fu

Answer 3

Wheezing, dyspnea, cough, asthma, nosebleed, spitting blood, coughing blood, much spittle (heat). Somnolence, insomnia, sadness, grief, weeping, disorientation and forgetfulness, floating corpse ghost talk, melancholy crying ghost talk, goiter, swelling of the throat, pain of th dinner aspect of the upper arm, dizziness, swelling and distention of the body, malaria, purple white wind blotches, visual sissiness, short sightedness

Question 4

LU4: Xia Bai

Answer 4

Cough, dyspnea, asthma, shortness of breath, heart pain, pales, agitation and fullness, retching, pain in the medial aspect of the arm, purple white wind blotches

Question 5

LU5: Chi Ze

Answer 5

Cough, coughing phlegm, asthma, wheezing, dyspnea, shortness of breath, agitation, fullness of chest, tidal fever, taxation fever, shivering, malaria, dry mouth and tongue, throat painful obstruction, sneezing, spitting, coughing, vomiting blood and nosebleed, edema, enuresis, frequent urination, pain of the lateral costal region, heart pain, agitation of the heart, sobbing with grief, acute and chronic childhood fright wind, epilepsy, clonic spasm, coldness of the shoulder, pain of the upper arm and shoulder, inability to raise arm to the head, wondering painful obstruction of the elbow and the upper arm, restricted movement of elbow, difficulty open and extending hand, five types of lumbar pain, crane’s knee swelling and pain

Question 6

LU6: Kong Zui

Answer 6

Cough, wheezing, asthma, chest pain, swelling and pain of the throat, loss of voice, febrile disease and absence of sweating, coughing, spilling, vomiting blood, hiccups, severe pain of elbow and upper arm, inability to raise arm above head, difficulty flexing and extending fingers, epigastric pain, hemorrhoids, headache, clonic spasm

Question 7

LU7: Lie Que

Answer 7

Chills and fever, nasal congestion and discharge, nasal polyps, flaring of the nostrils, throat painful obstruction, cough, coughing up phlegm, wheezing, dyspnea, asthma, diminished qi and shortness of breath, heat of the chest and back, shivering and cold of the chest and back, sweating, sudden swelling of the four limbs, thirst, inversion counterflow of the four limbs, headache and stiffness of the neck and nape, one sided headache, lockjaw, hemiplegia, deviation of the mouth and eye, toothache, epilepsy, childhood fright epilepsy, acute childhood fright wind, loss of consciousness, vomiting of watery saliva, wind painful obstruction, hypertension, retention of lochia (placenta), retention of dead fetus, post part inability to speak, blood in the urine, hot and painful urination, difficult urination, pain of the penis, genitals seminal emission, poor memory, pales, propensity to laughter, frequent yawning and stretching, tension of the chest and back, fullness of the lateral costal region, breast abscess, weakness or pain of the wrist and hand, pain of the thumb, shoulder pain, heat in the pam, malaria

Question 8

LU8: Jing Qu

Answer 8

Cough, asthma, wheezing, dyspnea, distention and pain of the chest and upper back, sore throat, throat painful obstruction, febrile disease with absences of sweating, febrile disease with breathlessness, heat in the palms, heart pain with vomiting, wrist pain, malaria, much yawning, pain in the soles of the feet

Question 9

LU9: Tai Yuan

Answer 9

Coughing, cough with watery phlegm, asthma, wheezing dyspnea, shortness of breath, much yawning, heat in the palms, dry throat, oppression and agitation of the chest with difficult breathing and inability to lie down, spitting, coughing, vomiting blood, agitation with heart pain accompanied by choppy pulse, manic raving, pulseless syndrome, rebellious stomach qi, belching, superficial visual obstruction, redness and pain of the eyes, cold shivering, cold inversion, toothache, head wind (tic) swelling of the face, weakness or pain of the wrist, pain of the shoulder and back, pain of the supraclavicular fossa, pain in the inner aspect of the arm, breast pain, weak pulse, weak voice, shortness of breath, chronic, weak cough, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, allergies, susceptibility to colds and flu, chronically dry sore throat, dry mouth, chronic weak cough with scanty sputum, hemoptysis, night sweating, cough, wheezing, dyspnea,

Question 10

LU10: YuJi

Answer 10

Throat painful obstruction, sore throat, dry throat, loss of voice, cough with absence of sweating, cough leading to hypogastric or sacral pain, cough accompanied by hiccup, shortness of breath with heart painful obstruction diminished qi with heart painful obstruction, chest painful obstruction with inability to catch breath, deficiency heat, heat int eh body, aversion to cold, attack of wind and cold after intake of alcohol leading to chills and fever, coughing, vomiting blood, blood in the urine, agitation of the heart, sadness and fear, anger and mania, sadness and anger with counterflow qi, heart painful obstruction with fear and fright, yellow tongue coating, breast abscess, toothache, lacrimation, visual sissiness, genial damp itching, impotence with abdominal distention, headache, malaria, tetany, abdominal pain with inability to eat or drink, sudden turmoil disorder, esophageal constriction due to middle jiao deficiency, vomiting, childhood nutritional impairment, heat and pain of the palm and thumb contraction of the elbow with distention and fulness of the arm.

Question 11

LU11: ShaoSheng

Answer 11

Loss of consciousness from wingstroke, from cold inversion and hot inversion, sore throat, painful throat obstruction, childhood threat moth, mumps, lotus flour tongue, nosebleed, dry lips with desire to drink, febrile disease with cold shivering, agitation of the heart with cough and dyspnea, fullness of the heart with sweating, fulness below the heart, mania, childhood fright wind, malaria, vomiting, pain and contraction of the wrist, pain of the thumb, heat of the palms, painful obstruction of the upper arm, pain of the front of th year