bubble_chart Etymology

Celestial qi communicating with lung (Suwen-Yinyang Yingxiang Da Lun). The point belongs to hand taiyin lung meridian (LU), located on the upper arm, hence the name. Huangdi Neijing MingtangYang Shang-shan note: "The lung is the upper cover, the heaven of the viscera, and the lung qi returns to this point."

bubble_chart Location

On the inner side of the arm, 3 cun below the head of the preaxillary crease, in the depression on the radial edge of the biceps brachii. Outside the 1/3 fold point on the line connecting the head of the anterior axillary crease and the ulnar end of the transverse cubital crease.

• Lingshu-Hanrebing: "Axillary artery";
• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "3 cun below the armpit, in the artery along the inner side of Binao (LI14)";
• Waitai Miyao: "Use the nose to sniff the arm, and mark the spot where the tip of the nose touches.";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "When the arms hang down, it is level with the nipple."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: biceps brachii, brachialis.
• Nerve: The superficial layer is the lateral brachial cutaneous nerve, and the deep layer is the musculocutaneous nerve.
• Vessels: Cephalic vein and muscular branches of brachial artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion with moxa stick for 5 to 10 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

clear and disperse lung qi, stop epistaxis, improve vision.

• Classical: cough, asthma, nasal and mouth bleeding, throat swelling, goiter, dizziness, blurred vision, farsightedness, body swelling, heaviness, wind-sweat release, drowsiness, confusion, forgetfulness, malaria, shoulder and arm pain.
• Modern: Bronchitis, upper arm pain.

bubble_chart Combinations

• epistaxis: Tianfu (LU3), Hegu (LI4).
• Tumors, goiter, throat swelling: Qishe (ST11), Tianfu (LU3), Popliteal Society.