Lungs

Question 1

LU-1

Middle Palace

Answer 1

Entry

1 cun below LU-2 & 6 cun lat to midline

Rx: reg Lung Qi for cough, phlegm, and/or xs in chest, stops pain

+LU7 for cough with Phlegm

Question 2

LU-5

Answer 2

Water

Radial side of elbow in cubital crease, in the depression of the radial side of the tendon of biceps brachii when elbow is slightly flexed

Rx: Phlegm Heat or Phlegm in the Lungs

+Ding Chuan Wan, ST40

Question 3

LU-7

Narrow Defile

Answer 3

Luo Connecting, Exit

***Command point of neck and head

1.5 cun above wrist crease superior to styloid process of radius btw the tendons of brachioradialis and adductor policus longus

Rx:Wind Cold, Lung Yin Xu, Yang Edema, coupled point to open the Ren for Yin Xu, Moves Qi in the chest

+KI6 for Yin
+LI4, LI6, SP9, BL39 for Yang Edema
+LI4, Du16, GB20 for Wind Cold
+Ren17, LI4 to move qi in the chest for HT Vessel obstruction

Question 4

LU-6

Greatest Hole

Answer 4

Xi Cleft

Palmar aspect of arm, 7 cun proximal to LU-9

Rx: cough with blood (hemoptysis), bleeding hemorrhoids

+BL17 to regulate blood

Question 5

LU-9

Very Great Abyss

Answer 5

Yuan Source / Earth

**Influential point of the Vessels

Radial end of transverse crease of wrist, in depression on lateral side of radial artery

Rx: tonifies the Lungs & Heart, benefits the vessels, treats chronic cough

+BL13 for chronic bronchitis

Question 6

LU-10

Fish Region

Answer 6

Fire

On radial side of the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone, on the junction of the red & white skin

Rx: clears Lung Heat

+LI11

Question 7

LU-11

Little Merchant

Answer 7

Wood

Radial side of thumb, about 0.1 cun posterior from the corner of the nail

Rx: Heat in the Lungs, Wind Heat, good for asthma, sore throat & loss of voice, (bleeding technique) and mental disorders

+Ren22 for sore throat, loss of voice & asthma