Lung Channel simplified Flashcards
Indications Lu1?
Cough, dyspnea, asthma, breathing with raised shoulders
Chills and fever, sweating
Painful throat, nasal congestion, swelling of face
Difficult ingestion, vomiting
Pain of upper back and shoulders
How do you needle Lu1?
Transverse-oblique, 0,5-1 cun medially allong the intercostal space
Indications Lu2?
Respiratory symptoms
Pain lateral costal region, back, supraclavicular fossa
Pain of the shoulder with inability to raise the arm
How do you needle Lu2?
Transverse-oblique 0,5-1 cun
Where is Lu3?
3 cun inferior to the axillary fold, in the depression between the lateral border of the biceps brachii and the shaft of the humerus
What are the indications of Lu3?
Respiratory symptoms
Bleeding (nose, mouth, throat)
Insomnia, sadness, disorientation, forgetfuness
Dizziness, visual dizziness, short-sightedness
Pain inner aspect of upper arm
What is the location of Lu4?
4 cun inferior to axillary fold, the depression between the lateral border of biceps and shaft of humerus
How to needle Lu4?
Perpendicular 0,5-1 cun
What are the indications for Lu4?
Cough, dyspnoea, asthma, shortness of breath
Heart pain, palpitations, agitation
Pain in medial aspects of the arm
Where is Lu5?
Cubital crease of elbow, in the depression at the radial side of the tendon of biceps
How to needle Lu5?
Perpendicular 0,5-1 cun
What are the indications for Lu5?
Respiratory symptoms
Blood (nose, mouth, vomiting)
Vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal distention
Swelling of the four limbs, frequent urination
Pain lateral coastal region
Heart pain, sobbing
Acute and chronic childhood fright, epilepsy
Pain of upper arm and shoulder Inability to rase arm to the head
How to needle Lu6?
Perpendicular or oblique 0,5-1,5 cun
What is a good way to remember location of Lu6?
Divide distance between Lu9 and Lu 5 into half, Lu6 is palpable depression 1 cun proximal to this midpoint
What are the indications of Lu6?
Respiatory symptoms
Coughing blood
Severe pain of the elbow and upper arm, inability to raise the arm above the head
Difficulty in flexing and extending the fingers,headache
Lu7 is situated about 1,5 cun proximally to Li5, in the cleft between which tendons?
Brachioradialis and abductor pollicis longus
How to needle Lu7?
Pinch up the skin over the point, needle transversaly in a proximal or distal direction, 0,5 to 1 cun, avoiding the cephalic vein
What are the indications of Lu7?
Headache and stiffness of neck, onesided headache, lockjaw
Deviation of mouth and eye
Childhood fright
Tension of the chest and back
Weakness or pain of wrist and hand
Pain of the shoulder, thumb
Where is Lu8?
Above the wrist, in the depression at the base of processus styloideus of radius and on the radial side of the radial artery
What are the indications of Lu8?
Respiratory symptoms
Pain of chest and upper back
Pain in the soles of the feet
How to needle Lu8?
Oblique proximal or perpendicular insertion 0,3-0,5 cun, avoiding the radial artery
Where is Lu9?
Wrist joint, depression between radial artery and tendon of abductor pollicis longus
How to needle Lu9?
Perpendicular 0,3-0,5 cun avoiding the radial artery
Indications for Lu9?
Respiratory symptoms
Redness and pain of the eyes, swelling of face
Weakness or pain of the wrist
Pain of the shoulder and back, supraclavicular fossa, inner aspect of arm, breast pain
What is the single most important point in the Lung channel to tonify the qi or yin of the Lung channel? And why?
Lu9, it is the earth and thus mother point of the metal zang
What is the location of Lu10?
Thenar eminence of the hand, in a depression between the midpoint of the shaft of the first metacarpal bone and the thenar muscles
How to needle Lu10?
Perpendicular 0,5-1 cun
What are the indications for Lu10?
Problems throat
Sadness and fear, anger and mania
Visual dizziness
Abdominal pain with inability to eat or drink
Heat and pain of the palm and thumb
Where is Lu11?
On the extensor aspect of thumb, along the radial border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0,1 cun from the corner of the nail
How to needle Lu11?
Perpendicular or oblique insertion directed proximally 0,1-0,2 cun, or prick to bleed
What are indications for Lu11?
Problems of throat
Pain and contraction of wrist
Pain of the thumb
Pain of the front of the ear
Where is Lu1?
Where is Lu2?
Where is Lu7?
