Lung Element Points Flashcards

Question

Areas: Lungs. Throat. Thumb. Functions: Clears exterior heat and phlegm and fire toxins. Benefits the throat.

Answer 1

``` LU 10 Yú: Fish Jì: Border Fish Border Fire Pt. Yíng - Spring Name: Location looks like a fish belly, where the white and red skin meet, at it's border. Location: On the thenar surface, 1/2 way along the first metacarpal bone, at the junction of the skin of the palmar and dorsal surfaces. Yú Jì ```

Answer 2

``` LI 11 Shào: Few, Little Shāng: 5th (Metal) sound in the Chinese musical scale, merchant, trader. Lesser Metal (Shāng) Little Merchant Ghost Sincerity Wood Pt. Jǐng - Well, Tsing, 2nd Ghost Point Name: Lesser because Qi is a mere trickle, Shāng because it is the Metal channel. Location: 0.1 cun proximal to the corner of thumb nail. Shào Shāng ```

Answer 3

LU 1 Zhōng: Central, center Fǔ: Treasury, Mansion, Storehouse Central Treasury Breast Center Lung Mù Name: This point represents Intersection Spleen-Stomach to Lung. All Qi comes from it first like a countries money comes from the treasury. Location: 1 cun inferior and slightly lateral to LU-2 just medial to the coracoid process of scapula in the pectoralis major muscle, deeper the insertion of the pectoralis minor. Zhōng Fǔ Areas: Chest. Lungs. Nose. Shoulder. Functions: Benefits Respiration. Regulates Chest Qi. Dispels stagnation and heat. Releases the exterior. Tonifies Lung Qi.

Answer 4

LU 5 Chǐ: Cubit, a Chinese measurement (about a foot) Zé: Marsh, Dregs Cubit Marsh Ghost Endurance Ghost Hall Name: Located one "cubit" away from the pulse in the hand. Its is a Marsh because it is a water point. Location: In cubital crease, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the biceps brachii and medial to the brachioradialis muscle. Chǐ Zé Areas: Lungs. Chest> Elbow. Upper Jiao. Functions: Dispels Phlegm. Opens the Water Passages. Alleviates Cough. Clears the Lungs.

Answer 5

LU 6 Kǒng - Hole, Aperture Zuì - Collection, To Gather, adj. "most" "-est". Collection Hole Name: represents depression location and how it helps the throat as the throat is a hole. Location: 5 cun distal from LU-5, 7 proximal from LU-9. On brachioradialis muscle where it meats the pronator teres and flexor pollicis longus in a fissure like depression. Kǒng Zuì Areas: Nose. Lungs.Skin. Forearm. Functions: Releases the exterior. Diaphoretic. Clears heat from the Upper Jiao. Arrests Bleeding.

Answer 6

Linking to LI-4 LU 7 Liè: sequence, to arrange, to place Quē: imperfect, incomplete, deficient, vacant Broken Sequence Child Mystery Wrist Taxation Interrupted Sequence, Thunder and Lightning, Name: refers to how Lung Qi branches off to LI-4 at this point. Shaped like thunder and lighting, breaking the sequence of Lung Qi. Location: at base of styloid process of radius. in "V" shaped crevice between brachioradialis and abductor pollicis longus tendons. Liè Quē Areas: Head. Face. Back of Neck. Nose. Throat. Lungs. Chest. Bladder. Forearms. Functions: Descends and disperses Lung Qi. Releases the Exterior. Opens the Ren Mai. Nourishes Yīn and Moistens Fluids. Benefits the Neck.

Answer 7

LU 8 Jīng: Channel, River, Warp (as in warp and woof in weaving) Qú: Ditch, Gutter, Canal Channels Ditch, River Gutter Name: Like a river because qi moves through this point as it is a Jīng - River point. In a ditch like depression between radius and flexor carpi radialis tendon. Gutters are made of metal. Location: On the medial margin of the radius, in the depression about 1 cun above the transverse wrist crease, level with high point of radial styloid process, on radial side of radial artery. Jīng Qú Areas: Lungs. Upper Jiao. Functions: Tonifies Lung Qi.

Answer 8

``` LU 9 Tài: great, very Yuān: abyss, deep source of water Great Abyss Ghost Heart Great Spring Great Source Name: It is a deep abyss of Qi as it is a Yuan Source point for lung channel. Deep with Qi as an abyss. Location: On transverse wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the radial artery. Lateral to the tendon of the abductor pollicis longus. Tài Yuān Areas: Chest. Lungs. Blood Vessels. Functions: Tonifies Chest Qi. Strengthens the Breath and the Voice. Nourishes Lung Yin. Transforms Phlegm. Benefits the Vessels and Improves Circulation. ```

Answer 9

LU 10 Yú: Fish Jì: Border Fish Border Name: Location looks like a fish belly, where the white and red skin meet, at it's border. Location: On the thenar surface, 1/2 way along the first metacarpal bone, at the junction of the skin of the palmar and dorsal surfaces. Yú Jì Areas: Lungs. Throat. Thumb. Functions: Clears exterior heat and phlegm and fire toxins. Benefits the throat.

Answer 10

LU 11 Shào: Few, Little Shāng: 5th (Metal) sound in the Chinese musical scale, merchant, trader. Lesser Metal (Shāng) Little Merchant Ghost Sincerity Name: Lesser because Qi is a mere trickle, Shāng because it is the Metal channel. Location: 0.1 cun proximal to the corner of thumb nail. Shào Shāng Areas: Throat. Lung Channel. Mind. Functions: Dispels Exterior Heat and Wind. Restores Consciousness.

Answer 11

LU 1 Zhōng: Central, center Fǔ: Treasury, Mansion, Storehouse Lung Mù Alarm Mù Point Intersection with Spleen (Tài Yīn Crossing) Name: This point represents Intersection Spleen-Stomach to Lung. All Qi comes from it first like a countries money comes from the treasury. Location: 1 cun inferior and slightly lateral to LU-2 just medial to the coracoid process of scapula in the pectoralis major muscle, deeper the insertion of the pectoralis minor. Zhōng Fǔ Areas: Chest. Lungs. Nose. Shoulder. Functions: Benefits Respiration. Regulates Chest Qi. Dispels stagnation and heat. Releases the exterior. Tonifies Lung Qi.

Answer 12

LU 5 Chǐ: Cubit, a Chinese measurement (about a foot) Zé: Marsh, Dregs Water Point Sedation Sea-Hé Uniting Name: Located one "cubit" away from the pulse in the hand. Its is a Marsh because it is a water point. Location: In cubital crease, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of the biceps brachii and medial to the brachioradialis muscle. Chǐ Zé Areas: Lungs. Chest> Elbow. Upper Jiao. Functions: Dispels Phlegm. Opens the Water Passages. Alleviates Cough. Clears the Lungs.

Answer 13

Kǒng - Hole, Aperture LU 6 Zuì - Collection, To Gather, adj. "most" "-est". Xī - Cleft/Hsi Pt. Name: represents depression location and how it helps the throat as the throat is a hole. Location: 5 cun distal from LU-5, 7 proximal from LU-9. On brachioradialis muscle where it meats the pronator teres and flexor pollicis longus in a fissure like depression. Kǒng Zuì Areas: Nose. Lungs.Skin. Forearm. Functions: Releases the exterior. Diaphoretic. Clears heat from the Upper Jiao. Arrests Bleeding.

Answer 14

LU 7 Liè: sequence, to arrange, to place Quē: imperfect, incomplete, deficient, vacant Interrupted Sequence, Thunder and Lightning, Lòu - Network Pt. (linking to LI-4) Opening (Master) point of the Ren Mai Command point of the head and neck Heavenly Star Point Name: refers to how Lung Qi branches off to LI-4 at this point. Shaped like thunder and lighting, breaking the sequence of Lung Qi. Location: at base of styloid process of radius. in "V" shaped crevice between brachioradialis and abductor pollicis longus tendons. Liè Quē Areas: Head. Face. Back of Neck. Nose. Throat. Lungs. Chest. Bladder. Forearms. Functions: Descends and disperses Lung Qi. Releases the Exterior. Opens the Ren Mai. Nourishes Yīn and Moistens Fluids. Benefits the Neck.

Answer 15

LU 8 Jīng: Channel, River, Warp (as in warp and woof in weaving) Qú: Ditch, Gutter, Canal Metal Pt. Horary Pt. Jīng - River Name: Like a river because qi moves through this point as it is a Jīng - River point. In a ditch like depression between radius and flexor carpi radialis tendon. Gutters are made of metal. Location: On the medial margin of the radius, in the depression about 1 cun above the transverse wrist crease, level with high point of radial styloid process, on radial side of radial artery. Jīng Qú Areas: Lungs. Upper Jiao. Functions: Tonifies Lung Qi.

Answer 16

LU 9 Tài: great, very Yuān: abyss, deep source of water Earth Pt. (Influential Pt for Vessels) Tonification Shū - Stream Yuán - Source Gathering/Meeting Huì Point for the Vessels. Name: It is a deep abyss of Qi as it is a Yuan Source point for lung channel. Deep with Qi as an abyss. Location: On transverse wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the radial artery. Lateral to the tendon of the abductor pollicis longus. Tài Yuān Areas: Chest. Lungs. Blood Vessels. Functions: Tonifies Chest Qi. Strengthens the Breath and the Voice. Nourishes Lung Yin. Transforms Phlegm. Benefits the Vessels and Improves Circulation.

Answer 17

LU 10 Yú: Fish Jì: Border Fire Pt. Yíng - Spring Name: Location looks like a fish belly, where the white and red skin meet, at it's border. Location: On the thenar surface, 1/2 way along the first metacarpal bone, at the junction of the skin of the palmar and dorsal surfaces. Yú Jì Areas: Lungs. Throat. Thumb. Functions: Clears exterior heat and phlegm and fire toxins. Benefits the throat.

Answer 18

LU 11 Shào: Few, Little Shāng: 5th (Metal) sound in the Chinese musical scale, merchant, trader. Wood Pt. Jǐng - Well, Tsing, 2nd Ghost Point Name: Lesser because Qi is a mere trickle, Shāng because it is the Metal channel. Location: 0.1 cun proximal to the corner of thumb nail. Shào Shāng Areas: Throat. Lung Channel. Mind. Functions: Dispels Exterior Heat and Wind. Restores Consciousness.

Lung Element Points Flashcards

Remember all element and extra points of the LU meridian.