Pin Yin Name
Lie Que
Point Categories
Luo PointConfluent PointGao Wu Command PointMa Dan Yang Heavenly Star Point
Meeting Point Of
Channel
Lung
Conditions
English Name
Broken Sequence
Kiiko Matsumoto Acupuncture
Luo Point of the Lung Channel
Confluent Point of the Conception Vessel (Ren Mai)
Location:
On the radial aspect of the forearm, approximately 1.5 cun proximal to Yangxi LI5, in the cleft between the tendons of brachioradialis and abductor pollicis lungus.
Actions:
- Releases the exterior and expels wind
- Promotes the descending function of the Lung
- Pacifies wind and phlegm
- Benefits the head and nape
- Opens and regulates the Conception vessel
- Regulates the water passages
- Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Indications:
- Principal Lung channel point to release the exterior and disperse and descend Lung qi: chills and fever, acute swelling of the limbs, nasal congestion and discharge, throat painful obstruction, cough, wheezing, dyspnea, asthma.
- Subdues interior wind and phlegm and treats the head and neck: headache, stiff neck, one-sided headache, hemiphlegia, deviation of the mouth and eye, epilepsy.
- “In treating headache, whether one-sided or not, reduce Lieque LU7” (Ode of Spiritual Brightness).
- Gao wu command point for the head and nape.
- Treats the Conception vessel: blood in the urine, hot and painful urination, difficult urination, genital pain, seminal emission.
- Poor memory, propensity to laughter, frequent yawning and stretching.
- Important proximal point for thumb disorders.