1. Lu-1 Zhong Fu Central Treasury
Front Mu Point - connects with Back Shu Bl 13
Intersection of Lung and Spleen Meridians - zhong refers to Middle Jiao (Zhong Jiao), the point located where the qi of the SP and ST in the Zhong Jiao gather into the Lung Meridian
Location:
6 cun lateral to Ren Mai on the lateral side of the 1st ICS
Actions:
Disseminates and descendes Lung Qi , alleviates cough, wheezing
Transforms phlegm, clears heat and regulates water passges
Descends Stomach Qi
Indications:
All Lung issues especially excess types
Head and Sense Organs: nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, sinusitis, hyposmia, sore throat
Respiratory: coughing, wheezing, asthma, fullness of chest, hemoptysis
LU disharmonies involving phlegm/heat excess arising from Zhong Jiao - vomitting, difficult indigestion, edema of four limbs, anorexia
Shoulder/back pain, goiter, abdominal pain referring to lumbar area
Method: ” obliquely toward lateral aspect of chest, moxa
-cupping effective for bronchitis and pnemonia

2. Lu-2 Yun Men Cloud Gate Point of the Window of Heaven
Yun refers to the qi of LU, the point is on the upper part of the chest, serving as a door for the qi of the LU
Location:
6 cun lateral to Ren Mai, below the clavicle in the depression medial to the coracoid process
Actions:
Clears Lung Heat and disseminates and descends LU Qi
Dispels anxiety and agitation
Drains heat in joints
Indications:
Along the Meridian: shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, pain in supraclavicular fossa, hypochondriac pain referring to back, coldness of extremities
Respiratory: coughing, asthma, pain and fullness of chest, oppression and heat sensation in chest
Heat sensation in extremities caused by cold, sudden pain in cardiac region and abdomen, irregular pulse, goiter
Method: ” obliquely toward lateral aspect of chest, moxa

3. Lu-3 Tian Fu Celestial Storehouse
Major Window of the Sky Point
Location:
3 cun below axillary fold on radial border of biceps brachii tendon
Actions:
Clears LU Heat and descends LU Qi
Cools blood and stops bleeding
Calms the corporeal soul (Po)
Indications:
Along the Meridian: pain and numbness along shoulder and arm
Respiratory: coughing, asthma
Window of Sky: regulates head/body qi flow - goiters, swelling in neck
Head and Sense Organs: epistaxis, vertigo
LU related spirit disharmonies: stress induced asthma, trance, amnesia, grief, fuzzy/muddled thinking, depression, “floating corpse ghost talk,” “melancholy crying ghost talk” (classic description possibly for seeing ghosts, talking about ghosts, constant grief for someone who has passed, etc.)
LV invading LU pathologies
Heat related issues: excess or deficiency- nose bleeds, coughing blood
Method: ” perpendicular, no moxa

4. Lu-4 Xia Bai Guarding White
Xia- to press from both sides. Bai - white. White color pertains to the Lung. With both arms hanging freely, this point is precisely on both sides of the Lung
Divergent Meridian of the LU Meridian of Hand Taiyin is derived here
Location:
4 cun below axillary fold on radial border of biceps brachii tendon, 1 cun below Tian Fu, 5 cun superior to cubital crease
Actions:
Disseminate and descends LU qi
Regulates chest qi and blood
Indications:
Along the Meridian: pain in medial aspect of upper arm and shoulder, tinea versicolor, chest pain, heart pain
Respiratory: coughing, asthma, shortness of breath
Digestives: stomachache, nausea
Method: ” perpendicular, moxa

5. Lu-5 Chi Ze Cubit Marsh He-Sea Point, Water Point - child of LU 9
Sun Si Mao Ghost Point “Gui Shou” - Ghost suffering
Location:
Cubital crease depression on radial side of tendons of biceps brachii
Actions:
Clears heat from LU and descends rebellious qi
Regulates water passages and activates channels
Relaxes sinew and alleviates pain
Indications:
Respiratory: cough, asthma, hemoptysis, afternoon fever, feeling of fullness in chest, hypochondrium
Along course of meridian: spasmodic pain of elbow and arm, pain in medial aspect of shoulder, sudden swelling of four limbs, inability to extend arm, paralysis of upperarm, tendinitis, tennis elbow
Digestives: acute diarrhea, vomitting, dyrness of tongue, spitting blood
Urinary: enuresis, incontinence of urine, amenorrhea, hernia, abdominal masses
Mental: sadness, acute/chronic infantile convulsions, epilepsy
Other: general pain of knee, mastitis, erysipelas, fever, upper body edema,sore throat
Classically noted for 5 types of lumbar pain- upper body equivalent of UB 40
Method: ” perpendicular, no moxa

6. Lu-6 Kong Zui Collection Hole
Xi-Cleft Point
Ghost Point “Gui Shou” - Ghost suffering
Location:
Cubital crease depression on radial side of tendons of biceps brachii
Actions:
Clears heat from LU and descends rebellious qi
Regulates water passages and activates channels
Relaxes sinew and alleviates pain
Indications:
Respiratory: acute attacks, cough, asthma, hemoptysis, afternoon fever, feeling of fullness in chest, hypochondrium
Along course of meridian: spasmodic pain of elbow and arm, pain in medial aspect of shoulder, sudden swelling of four limbs, inability to extend arm, paralysis of upperarm, tendinitis, tennis elbow, local point for pain especially at joints
Digestives: acute diarrhea, vomitting, dyrness of tongue, spitting blood
Urinary: enuresis, incontinence of urine, amenorrhea, hernia, abdominal masses
Mental: sadness, acute/chronic infantile convulsions, epilepsy
Other: general pain of knee, mastitis, erysipelas, fever, upper body edema,sore throat
Classically noted for 5 types of lumbar pain- upper body equivalent of UB 40
Method: ” perpendicular, no moxa

7. Lu-7 Lie Que Broken Sequence
Luo-connecting Point - exit point to LI4
Gao Wu Command Point of Head and Posterior Neck
Master Pt of the Ren Meridian - coupled with K6/Confluent point of Ren Channel
Ma-Dan Yang Heavenly Star Point *“Lie” - arrangement; “Que” - depressiong - lightning and rifts in the clouds were called lieque in ancient times. At this point the Hand Taiyin meridian diverges to the Hand Yangming
Location:
1.5 cun above the wrist crease, in the depression superior to the styloid process (not on the LU5-LU9 line)
Actions:
Release exterior and expel wind (common cold/chronic sore throat)
Promotes descending function of lungs
Pacifies wind and phlegm, benefits head and nap
Opens and regulates Conception (Ren ) Vessel
Regulates water passages/stimulates the wei qi
Activates channel to alleviate pain
Indications:
Along course of meridian: pain of arm/shoulder, numbness of fingers, hemiparalysis
Respiratory: cough, asthma, common cold, fever and chills, allergic asthma

8. Lu-7 Lie Que Broken Sequence (Continued)
Indications (cont)
Digestives: abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentry, hemoptysis, dysphagia
Head and Sense Organs: headache, migraine, deviation of the eye and mouth, facial spasm, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, sore throat, toothache
Cardiovascular: cariac pain, chest pain, hypertension
Urinary: hematuria, penile pain, hotness of urine, difficulty and pain in micturition, dysyria, stranguria, empirical point for blood in urine
Genital: nocturnal emission, retention of dead fetus
Internal Wind: bell’s palsy, twitching, lockjaw, spasms
Other: wind rash, malaria, lumbago, sudden swelling of four limbs, mastitis, disease of wrist joint
Special Notes:
-use with LI 4 and LI 20 for nasal congestion
-paired with K6 for chronic sore throat: always use with K6 for deficient conditions involving the yin qiao/ren mai
-can be used to treat sterility
Method: ” obliquely, moxa

9. Lu-8 Jing Qu Channel Ditch
Jing-River Point - where qi begins to flow more heavily
Metal Point
“Jing” - passage; “Qu” - ditch - a ditch where the meridian passes
Location:
1 cun above LU 9 joining line to LU 5, on the radial side of the palmar surface of the forearm, in the depression between the styloid process of the radisu and radial artery (whre the radial artery beats in the middle pulse position)
Actions:
Descends Lung qi and alleviates cough and wheezing
Indications:
Along course of meridian: pain in the medial aspect of the shoulder, forearm and wrist, neuralgia and paralysis of radial nerve
Head and Sense Organs: sore throat
Respiratory: cough, asthma, fullness and pain in chest
Digestive: epigastric pain, vomitting
Other: malaria, phrenospasm, esophagospasm, expelling wind, tonifying qi and yin, pain in area of K1 (plantar fascitis)
Method: ” perpendicular, no moxa, avoid artery

10. Lu-9 Tai Yuan Great Abyss
Shu Stream Point - where qi begins to pour identical to yuan source point on yin channels - tonifies and regulates organ
Earth Point - mother of LU 5
Yuan Source Point - where yuan qi pools/shows nature of yin body
Hui Meeting Point of Vessels - one of the 8 influential points, broad affects on vessels
Sho Kanten Point, 9 Continent Pulse Point
Location:
At wrist crease, on radial side of radial artery
Actions:
Tonifies Lung and transforms phlegm- primary point on Lung channel to treat LU deficiency by tonifying LU qi and yin
Promotes the descending function of the Lung
Regulates and harmonizes the one hundred vessels
Activates channel and alleviates pain
Indications:
Along course of meridian: pain in arm and elbow, hemiparalysis, injury of wrist and soft tissue
Head and Sense Organs: cataract, dryness of throat, inflammation of throat
Respiratory: cough, asthma, pain in chest and neck, hemoptysis, chronic runny nose with water discharge
Cardiovascular: cardiac pain, pulseless disease - used to bolster weak pulse, harmonizes qi and blood in chest, stops bleeding, circulation issues
Other: malaria, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, deafness and mutism, intercostal neuralgia
With BL 13, Ren 6, BL 23 as LU tonifier
Method: ” perpendicular, moxa, avoid artery

11. Lu-10 Yu Ji Fish Border
Ying Spring Point - where qi trickles, clears heat fromentire meridian and organ, effects opposite end of channel (less than jing well)
Fire Point
“Yu” - fish; “Ji” - border. The muscle flexor pollicis in the palm is prominent like a fish, the pont at its border. Yuji is used as an anatomical landmark
Location:
On radial aspect of midpoint of 1st metacarpal bone, palmar side, on junction of red and white skin
Actions:
Benefits throat
Clears Lung heat
Descends rebellious qi
Harmonizes Stomach and Heart
Indications:
Along course of meridian: shoulder pain, spasmodic pain of elbow, numbness of fingers
Head and Sense Organs: headache, dry throat, sore throat from excess heat, aphasia, loss of voice, feverish sensation of palm
Digestive: abdominal pain, vomitting
Respiratory: cough, asthma, pain in chest/back, hemoptysis, common cold, fever
Mental: susceptibility to sorrow and fright, mental confusion harmonizes
Other: mastitis, arrhythmia, reckless bleeding from heat
Method: ” perpendicular, moxa, use with GB 8 for hangovers

12. Lu-11 Shao Shang Lesser Shang
Jing Well Point - restores consciousness, clears heat and stagnation from opposite end of channel, calms spirit, treats fullness below heart
Wood Point
Sun Si Mao Ghost Point - Gui Xin Ghost Faith/Ghost Convincing - important point on inducing resuscitation and tranquilizing the mind
“Shao” - immaturity/minority; “Shang” - one of the Five Sounds, pertaining to metal. Last point where qi becomes less
Location:
0.1 cun posterior to the thumb nail on radial side
Actions:
Revives Consciousness
Clears Lung heat and benefits throat
Indications:
Along course of meridian: numbness and spasmodic pain of fingers
Head and Sense Organs: extreme sore throat, epistaxis, mumps, toothache, tinnitus
Respiratory: cough, asthma
Mental: coma, loss of consciousness (expecially from wind stroke), trismus, epilepsy, mania, infantile convultion
Other: headstroke, febrile diseases, apoplexy
Method: 0.1” prick or bleed, no moxa - moxa opposite side to stop nose bleed