[Origin]

celestial qi communicating with lung (Suwen ‧ yin-yang Ying Xiang Da Lun). The point belongs to hand great yin lung meridian (LU), located on the upper arm, hence the name. Huangdi Neijing noseYang Shang-shan Note: "The lung is the upper cover, the sky where the house is stored, and lung qi belongs to this point."

[Location]

On the inner side of the arm, 3 inches 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: "In Three inches under the armpit, Binao (LI14) is in the internal artery";
• Waitai Miyao: "Smell the arm with the nose, Point at the tip of his nose";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "Handle hands are level with the breasts."

[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.

[Manipulation]

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

[Efficacy]

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

• Classical: cough, asthma, nose and mouth bleeding, pharyngeal swelling, hyperthyroidism, dizziness, farsightedness, swollen body, body weight, wind and sweating, drowsiness, trance, forgetfulness, malaria, shoulders and arms pain.
• Modern: Bronchitis, upper arm pain.

[Recipe]

• epistaxis: Tianfu (LU3), Hegu (LI4).
• Tumor, hyperthyroidism, pharyngeal swelling: Qishe (ST11), Tianfu (LU3), Popliteal Society.