Lu-1

Middle Palace

中府

Zhongfu

Front Mu point (gathering point) – acts on lung zang Meeting point with Sp NB: wheezing and short breath is worse on lying down as this places a strain on the Lung movement of air qi down and also allows phlegm to accumulate

Lu: Grief. Value. I do not value myself. I am better than others. I am different from others. I am not good enough.
 Sp: I worry that others may not value what is inside me. I grieve for others.

Coughing and wheezing, asthma, chest pain, fullness of the chest, difficulty breathing, short breath, aversion to cold, chills and fever, sweating, nasal congestion, painful throat, difficult ingestion, vomiting, skin pain, lumber pain, pain in upper back and shoulder, clears heat from chest, swelling of face and abdomen, clears excess of all kinds from the lung whether external (pathogens) or internal (eg phlegm or stagnation), fullness of chest