Lu-9

Lu-9

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Channel
Element
English

Supreme Abyss

Name

太淵

Transliteration

Taiyuan

Special Point
Spirit PointKey PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Description

Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source and Earth point Hui-Meeting point of the Vessels. Yuan Source Point for the lung meridian. Regulates and tonifies lung Qi and Yin Qi.

Indications
most important point for tonifying the lung phlegm descending function of the lung blood circulation and the one hundred vessels Lu channel and pain
Kinesiology
key point for the lung asthma breathing vision shoulder pain
Channel Psychology

St: I have everything I need to learn, I learn all that I want, I have nothing to learn from others. Sp: I worry that others might see what I don’t know, I am too worried to take it all in.

Point Psychology
Manic raving agitation
Key Spirit Point Themes
bliss point great abyss
Symptoms

Cough, cough with watery phlegm, asthma, wheezing, shortness of breath, much yawning, heat in the palms, dry throat, spitting blood, coughing blood, vomiting blood, agitation with heart pain, manic raving, belching, superficial visual obstruction, redness and pain of the eyes, cold shivering, toothache, swelling of the face, weakness or pain of the wrist, pain of the shoulder and back, pain of the supraclavicular fossa, pain in the inner aspect of the arm, breast pain, blood circulation

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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.