Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
LU-9
Taiyuan
Supreme Abyss
También conocido comoGreat Abyss · Very Great Abyss · Extreme Abyss · Bigger Abyss · Maximum Whirlpool · Great Gulf
- Canal
- Pulmón
- Clasificación
- Shu-Arroyo, Yuan-Fuente, Cinco Fases, Punto de cruce, Tonificación
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Localización
- 01At the wrist, in the hollow between the radial artery and the abductor pollicis longus tendon, level with HT-7 Shenmen.
- 02On the wrist crease, in the depression radial to the radial artery.
- 03With the palm turned upward, the point lies in a shallow hollow at the radial end of the wrist crease.
Punción
- 01Insert straight in, 0.3 to 0.5 cun, avoiding the radial artery.
- 02Direct insertion, 0.3 to 0.5 cun, producing local distention and pain.
- 03Needle straight in, 0.2 to 0.3 cun, taking care not to puncture the radial artery.
- 04Moxibustion may be used.
Funciones del punto
- Shu-Stream point
- Yuan-Source point
- Earth point
- Meeting point of the Vessels
- Tonification point
Acciones
- Tonifies the Lungs
- Tonifies Lung Qi and Yin
- Tonifies the Gathering Qi
- Transforms Phlegm
- Promotes the Lungs' downward-directing function
- Regulates and harmonizes the Hundred Vessels
- Activates the Channels
- Relieves Pain
- Expels Wind
- Resolves Phlegm in the Lungs
- Regulates the Lungs
- Stops Cough
- Promotes Blood circulation
- Clears Heat from the Lungs and Liver
Indicaciones
- Cough
- Cough with watery Phlegm
- Asthma
- Wheezing
- Dyspnea
- Shortness of breath
- Frequent yawning
- Heat in the palms
- Dry throat
- Chest oppression and agitation with labored breathing and inability to lie flat
- Wrist weakness or pain
- Shoulder and back pain
- Supraclavicular fossa pain
- Pain on the arm's inner side
- Breast pain
- Abundant watery Phlegm
- Toothache
- Cold-induced asthma with cough
- Bronchitis
- Pertussis
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Wrist pain
- Wrist pain and weakness
- Disorders of the wrist joint's radial side
- Frontal headache
- Migraine
- Head neuralgia
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Malaise that prevents sleep
- Influenza
- Pneumonia
- Qi rising within the body
- Fecal incontinence
- Esophageal stenosis
- Rough pulse
- Shoulder girdle pain
- Elbow pain
- Chronic cough and asthma from Yin Deficiency
- Coma
- Cold hands and feet
- Unable to hold or grasp objects
- Skin extremely tender and painful when touched
- Radiation poisoning
- Facial paralysis
- Urinary incontinence
- Circulation problems
- Hiccups
- Cataracts
- Suffocation
- Dark urine
- Expectoration of blood
- Coughing up blood
- Vomiting blood
- Agitation and Heart pain with a choppy pulse
- Manic raving
- Pulseless syndrome
- Rebellious Stomach Qi
- Belching
- Superficial visual obstruction
- Red, painful eyes
- Cold shivering
- Cold inversion
- Toothache
- Head Wind
- Facial swelling
- Scanty dry Phlegm with a dry throat
- Blood-streaked expectoration while coughing
- Cough with abundant mucoid sputum
- Swollen, painful pharynx and larynx
- Chest pain and fullness
- Pain in the chest and the forearm's medial side
- Chest Bi
- Lung fullness
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Heart pain
- Forearm neuralgia
- Painful inner arm
- Eye pain
- Eye pain with fever
- Eye inflammation
- Membrane over the eyes
- Sudden chills and fever
- Deviated mouth
- Divagation
- Intense thirst with dry throat
- Shoulder and back pain with a sensation of Cold
- Lung abscess
- Palpitations
- Heatstroke
- Varicose veins
- Hemorrhoids
- Total numbness at the fingertips
- Pain in the Lungs or Heart
- Conjunctivitis
- Drooling
- Noisy breathing
- A feeling of swelling in the Lungs
- Subclavicular pain
- Frequently stretches oneself
- Chilblains
Combinaciones
Notas
- Of all points on the Lung channel, this is the single most important for tonifying Lung Qi and Yin.
- It is used for chronic, long-standing problems.
- It applies to disorders of Qi in general.
- It serves as a first-aid point for asphyxia, collapse, poisoning, and concussion.
- It is useful when the pulse is chaotic, arrhythmic, or irregular.
- It exerts a powerful effect on the Blood.