LU Flashcards
Organs entered
LU, LI, ST
Begins:
Middle Jiao
Tissue
Skin, body hair, throat
Linkage
LU 7 to LI 1
How does LU channel connect w/ nose?
Indirectly through LI channel, it’s yang pair, via luo or divergent
Pathologies
Cough
Sore throat
Hemoptysis
Asthmatic breathing
Congested throat
Sensation of fullness in chest
Pain in supraclavicular fossa, shoulder, back, & anterior border of medial aspect of arm
Lung Luo
Separates from LU pri. ch. at LU 7
Into palm & spreads through thenar eminence
Connects with int/ext related LI channel
(Energetic connection- yin/yang, mental/emo, Qi/blood)
Lung Luo pathos
Xu: SOB Freq. micturation Enuresis Yawning
Shi:
Hot palms/wrists
Lung Divergent Channel
Diverges/Separates: -anterior to axillary fossa (LU 1 area) Enters body cavity at: -chest Connects with: -LU, LI, throat Emerges: -supraclavicular fossa Converges: -throat (LI 18) "Upper Uniting Point"
LU Divergent Channel treats:
LU/LI relationship
- nasal disorders (including nosebleed [epistaxis]) & nasal obstruction
- throat dryness, soreness, congestion, swelling & pain
Front-Mu point of LU
LU 1
Zhong Fu “middle palace”
Window of Heaven Point
LU 3
Tian Fu “palace of heaven”
He-Sea & Water Point
LU 5
Chi Ze “cubit marsh”
Xi-Cleft Point
LU 6
Kong Zui “maximum opening”
LU 7
Lie Que “broken sequence”
Luo-connecting point
Confluent point of the Conception Vessel
Gao Wu command point (for the neck)
Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star Point
