LU10 (Yuji, “Yuji”) is the Ying-Spring point of the Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian. It is located on the palm, at the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone, on the border between the red and white skin of the thenar eminence. It clears Lung heat, benefits the throat, harmonizes the Stomach and Heart, and resolves heat in the blood.
On the palm, at the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone, on the border between the red and white skin of the thenar eminence.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
Clears Lung heat, benefits the throat, harmonizes the Stomach and Heart, and resolves heat in the blood.
Abdominal pain with inability to eat, headache, headache with absence of sweating, stomach-reversal (gastric reflux) with cholera, cholera with rebellious qi, cough, retching, fever, sore throat, shivering with chattering teeth, heat in the palms, vexation and restlessness, shortness of breath, pain in the chest and back preventing rest, dizziness, elbow contracture, fullness of the limbs, dry throat, cough with pain referring to the buttocks, blood in the urine, vomiting blood, heart impediment with sadness and fear, breast abscess, jaundice.
As the Ying-Spring and Fire point of the Lung channel, Yuji excels at clearing heat from the Lungs and throat. The classics emphasize its use for acute conditions like fever, sore throat, and cough, as well as for heat signs like vomiting blood. Its ability to harmonize the Stomach is highlighted by its indications for cholera, abdominal pain, and reflux, making it a key point for acute upper and middle jiao disorders involving heat.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《針灸逢源》 Zhēnjiǔ Féngyuán — Sources of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Li Xuechuan, 1815 · 卷四 · 經穴考正 · 手太陰肺經穴考 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
魚際 在大指本節後內側白肉際陷中。 肺脈所溜為滎（針二分禁灸。 ）治喑啞喉燥According to this text, LU10 lies in the depression at the junction of red and white skin on the inner side behind the base joint of the thumb and is the 'ying' (spring) point where the lung channel flows; it is needled 2 fen, moxa is forbidden, and it was used for loss of voice and a dry throat.
《備急千金要方》 Bèijí Qiānjīn Yàofāng — Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies, c. 650 · 第二十九 · Source: Wikisource ↗
魚際，在手大指本節後內側散脈中It is located on the inner side behind the base joint of the thumb, among the scattered vessels, according to this text.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷十 · Source: Wikisource ↗
魚際 在大指本節後白肉際，針二分，禁灸According to this text, LU10 lies behind the base joint of the thumb at the edge of the white flesh; it is needled 2 fen and moxibustion is forbidden.
《類經》 Lèijīng — Classified Canon, Zhang Jiebin, 1624 · 二十八卷·运气类 · 三十九、司天不迁正不退位之刺 · Source: Wikisource ↗
金化不行，燥气郁滞，人病在肺，故当刺手太阴之所流，鱼际穴也The text records that when the metal transformation does not proceed and dryness qi is stagnant, illness lies in the lung, so one should needle the 'flowing' point of the hand Taiyin, which is LU10.
LU10 is one of 11 points on the Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian. Nearby points:
LU10 (Yuji) is located on the palm, at the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone, on the border between the red and white skin of the thenar eminence.
LU10 clears Lung heat, benefits the throat, harmonizes the Stomach and Heart, and resolves heat in the blood. Common clinical indications include abdominal pain with inability to eat, headache, headache with absence of sweating, stomach-reversal (gastric reflux) with cholera, cholera with rebellious qi, cough, retching, fever, sore throat, shivering with chattering teeth, heat in the palms, vexation and restlessness, shortness of breath, pain in the chest and back preventing rest, dizziness, elbow contracture, fullness of the limbs, dry throat, cough with pain referring to the buttocks, blood in the urine, vomiting blood, heart impediment with sadness and fear, breast abscess, jaundice.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
LU10 is a point on the Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian (Shǒu Tàiyīn Fèijīng).