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.