LU9 (Taiyuan, “Taiyuan”) is the Shu-Stream Point point of the Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian. It is located on the palmar aspect of the wrist, at the transverse wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the radial artery. It tonifies Lung Qi and Yin, resolves phlegm, descends Lung Qi, regulates and harmonizes the hundred vessels, stops cough, and alleviates pain.
On the palmar aspect of the wrist, at the transverse wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the radial artery.
Perpendicular insertion 0.2-0.3 cun. Careful attention must be paid to avoid the radial artery, which should be palpated and moved laterally before needle insertion.
Tonifies Lung Qi and Yin, resolves phlegm, descends Lung Qi, regulates and harmonizes the hundred vessels, stops cough, and alleviates pain..
Chest Bi with rebellious qi, belching, vomiting of food, cough, inability to sleep due to vexation, lung distension, pain on the inner aspect of the arm, white opacity of the eye, red and painful eyes, eye twitching, alternating chills and fever, pain in the supraclavicular fossa, heat in the palms, frequent yawning, shoulder and back pain and cold, wheezing, inability to breathe, upwardly rebellious qi, heart pain with a choppy pulse, coughing blood, vomiting blood, shivering, dry throat, delirious speech, changes in urine color, sudden and frequent incontinence, breast abscess (mastitis), stomach qi rebellion, spitting blood, heat disease with sweating,reversal heart pain..
As the Yuan-Source point of the Lung and the Influential point of the Vessels, Taiyuan is a primary point for tonifying Lung Qi and for treating all manner of vessel and pulse disorders. Its location at the radial artery underscores its function in regulating the pulse, making it essential for addressing a weak Lung pulse or a choppy pulse from heart pain. Clinically, it is used for both excess and deficiency patterns of the Lung, such as chronic cough from deficiency or acute wheezing, and is also effective for stopping bleeding from the Lung.
LU9 is one of 11 points on the Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian. Nearby points:
LU9 (Taiyuan) is located on the palmar aspect of the wrist, at the transverse wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the radial artery.
LU9 tonifies Lung Qi and Yin, resolves phlegm, descends Lung Qi, regulates and harmonizes the hundred vessels, stops cough, and alleviates pain. Common clinical indications include chest Bi with rebellious qi, belching, vomiting of food, cough, inability to sleep due to vexation, lung distension, pain on the inner aspect of the arm, white opacity of the eye, red and painful eyes, eye twitching, alternating chills and fever, pain in the supraclavicular fossa, heat in the palms, frequent yawning, shoulder and back pain and cold, wheezing, inability to breathe, upwardly rebellious qi, heart pain with a choppy pulse, coughing blood, vomiting blood, shivering, dry throat, delirious speech, changes in urine color, sudden and frequent incontinence, breast abscess (mastitis), stomach qi rebellion, spitting blood, heat disease with sweating,reversal heart pain.
Perpendicular insertion 0.2-0.3 cun. Careful attention must be paid to avoid the radial artery, which should be palpated and moved laterally before needle insertion. Caution: Adjacent to the radial arter — palpate and avoid the vessel; do not needle into a pulsating artery.
LU9 is a point on the Lung Channel of Hand Taiyin Meridian (Shǒu Tàiyīn Fèijīng).