Lung 1:

PinYin

English

Category

Zhong Fu

Central Treasury

Front Mu Point For Lung

Meeting Point of the Lung and Spleen Channels

Lung 2:

PinYin

English

Category

YunMen

Cloud Gate

None

Lung 3:

PinYin

English

Category

 LU-03

(Tian Fu)

Celestial Storehouse

Window of Heaven

Lung 4:

PinYin

English

Category

Lu 4

Xia Bai

Gaurding White

None

Lung 5:

PinYin

English

Category

Lu 5

Chi Ze

Cubit Marsh

He Sea

Water Point

Lung 6:

PinYin

English

Category

Lu 6

Kong Zui

Maximum Opening

• Xi Cleft Point

Lung 7:

PinYin

English

Category

Lu 7

Lie Que

Broken Sequence

Luo Network Vessel

Confluent Point of Conception Vessel

Gao Wu Command Point,

Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star Point

Lung 8:

PinYin

English

Category

Lu 8

Jing Qu

Channel Ditch

Jing River / Metal Point

Lung 9:

PinYin

English

Category

Lu 9

Tai Yuan

Great Abyss

Lung 10:

PinYin

English

Category

LU-10

(Yu Ji)

Fish Border

Ying-Spring & Fire Point

Lung 11:

PinYin

English

Category

LU-11

(Shao Shang)

Lesser Shang 

Jing-Well & Wood Point

Sun Si-miao Ghost Point

Lu 1/Zhong Fu/ Central Treasury

Location

Function

Indication

Lu 2/Yun Men/Cloud Gate

Location/needling

Fx

Indication

Location (AMOA): On the antero-lateral aspect of the chest, below the lateral extremity of the clavicle, 6 cun lateral to the midline, in the center of the hollow of the delto-pectoral triangle.

Needling Method: Puncture obliquely 0.5-0.8 inch towards the lateral aspect of the chest. To avoid injuring the lung, never puncture deeply towards the medial aspect. Moxibustion is applicable.

• Functions:  Clears Lung heat and disseminates and descends Lung Qi
  • Dispels anxiety and agitation
  • Drains heat in the join
  • Indications: Cough, asthma, wheezing, shortness of breath, and dyspnea
• Fullness and pain in the chest, heat in the chest
• Pain and inflammation in the shoulder and back

Lu 3/Tian Fu/Palace of Heaven

Location/Needling

Function

Indication

Location (AMOA): On the antero-lateral aspect of the upper arm, 3 cun inferior to the axillary fold and 6 cun superior to Chize LU-5, in the depression between the lateral border of the biceps brachii muscle and the shaft of the humerus.

Needling Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch.

Functions: Clears Lung heat and descends Lung Qi

• Cools blood and stops bleeding
• Calms the corporeal soul (po)

Indications: Asthma, wheezing, and cough

• Hemoptysis, epistaxis, and thirst
• Pain in the medial aspect of the upper arm.

Lu 4/ Xia Bia/Concealing White

Location/Needling

Function

Indication

Location (AMOA): On the antero-lateral aspect of the upper arm, 4 cun inferior to the axillary fold and 5 cun superior to Chize LU-5, in the depression between the lateral border of the biceps brachii muscle and the shaft of the humerus.

Needling Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

Functions: Descends Lung Qi 

• • Regulates Qi and blood in the chest
  • Indications: Cough, fullness in the chest, pain in the medial aspect of the upper arm.

Lu 5/ Chi Ze/ Cubit Marsh

Location/Needling

Function/

Indication

Location (AMOA): On the cubital crease of the elbow, in the depression at the radial side of the tendon of biceps brachii.

Needling Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch.

Common and Key Uses: Excess and heat in the Lungs

• Function: Clears heat from the Lung and descends rebellious Qi
  • Regulates the water passages
  • Activates the channel
  • Relaxes the sinews and alleviates pain
  Indications: Cough, hemoptysis, afternoon fever, asthma, sore throat, fullness in the chest, infantile convulsions, spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm, mastitis.

Lu 6/ Kong Zui/Maximum Opening

Location/Needling

Function/

Indication

Location (AMOA): On the flexor aspect of the forearm, 7 cun proximal to Taiyuan LU-9, on the line connecting Taiyuan LU-9 with Chize LU-5.

Needling Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

Common and Key Uses: Excess, heat with bleeding, and coughing of blood

Function: Disseminates and descends Lung Qi

Clears heat and moistens the Lung

Clears heat and stops bleeding

Moderates acute conditions

Indications: Cough, pain in the chest, asthma, hemoptysis, sore throat, spasmodic pain of the elbow and arm

Lu 7 Lie Que/Broken Sequence

Location/Needling

Function/

Indication

Location (AMOA): On the radial aspect of the forearm, approximately 1.5 cun proximal to Yangxi L.I.-5, in the cleft between the tendons of brachioradialis and abductor pollicis longus.

If the forefinger is placed at Yangxi L.I.-5, in the anatomical snuffbox, and moved directly proximally over the full extent of the styloid process of the radius, the finger falls into the cleft between the two tendons.

Needling Method: Puncture 0.3-0.5 inch obliquely upward. Moxibustion is applicable.

Common and Key Uses: External wind, common cold, and chronic sore throat.

Often paired with Zhao Hai (KI-06)

• Fuctions: Releases the exterior and expels wind
  • Promotes the descending function of the Lung
  • Pacifies wind and phlegm
  • Benefits the head and nape
  • Opens and regulates the Conception vessel
  • Regulates the water passages
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
  Indications: Headache, migraine, neck rigidity, Cough, asthma, sore throat, facial paralysis, toothache, pain and weakness of the wrist

Lu 8 Jing Qu/ Channel Ditch

Location/Needling

Function/

Indication

Location (AMOA):  Above the wrist, 1 cun proximal to Taiyuan LU-9, on the line connecting Taiyuan LU-9 with Kongzui LU-6, in the depression at the base of the styloid process of the radius and on the radial side of the radial artery.

Needling Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.1-0.3 inch. Avoid puncturing the radial artery.

Function: Descends Lung Qi and alleviates cough and wheezing

Indications:  Cough, asthma, fever, pain in the chest, sore throat, pain in the wrist.

Lu 9/ Tai Yuan/ Great Abyss

Location/Needling

Function/

Indication

Location (AMOA):  At the wrist joint, in the depression between the radial artery and the tendon of abductor pollicis longus, level with Shenmen HE-7 (the proximal border of the pisiform bone).

Needling Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.2-0.3 inch. Avoid puncturing the radial artery. Moxibustion is applicable.

Common and Key Uses: As this is the Earth (Mother) point on the Metal Channel, it is the primary point on the Lung channel to treat Lung deficiency by tonifying the Lung Qi and Yin.

Functions: Tonifies the Lung and transforms phlegm

Promotes the descending function of the Lung

• Regulates and harmonizes the one hundred vessels
• Activates the channel and alleviates pain

Indications: Chronic Weak Cough, wheezing, asthma, hemoptysis, sore throat, palpitation, pain in the chest, wrist and arm.

Lu 10/Yu Ji/ Fish Border

Location/Needling

Function/

Indication

Location (AMOA):On the thenar eminence of the hand, in a depression between the midpoint of the shaft of the first metacarpal bone and the thenar muscles.

Needling Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

Common and Key Uses: To clear heat, acute sore throat

Functions: Benefits the throat

Clears Lung heat

Descends rebellious Qi

Harmonizes the Stomach and Heart

Indications:  Cough hemoptysis, sore throat, loss of voice, fever, feverish sensation in the palm.

Lu 11/Shao Shang/Lesser Shang

Location/Needling

Function/

Indication

Location (AMOA):On the extensor aspect of the thumb, at the junction of lines drawn along the radial border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail.

Needling Method: Puncture 0.1 inch, or prick the point to cause bleeding.

Common and Key Uses: Tonsilitis, revival, and to clear heat

Functions: Revives consciousness

Clears heat and benefits the throat

Indications: Sore throat, cough, asthma, epistaxis, fever, loss of consciousness, mania, spasmodic pain of the thumb.