Jingqu

1. 011 cun proximal to the wrist crease, in the hollow on the radial artery's lateral side.
2. 02Proximal to the wrist, 1 cun above LU-9 Taiyuan, along the line linking LU-6 Kongzui and LU-9 Taiyuan, in the hollow at the radial styloid process's base, radial to the radial artery.
3. 03Note: sliding the index finger proximally from LU-9 Taiyuan across the radial styloid process brings it naturally to rest in the hollow marking LU-8 Jingqu.

1. 01Needle straight in, 0.1 to 0.3 cun.
2. 02Caution: do not puncture the radial artery.
3. 03Insert obliquely toward the proximal direction, or straight in, 0.3–0.5 cun, keeping clear of the radial artery.
4. 04Angled insertion, 0.5 to 0.7 cun.

• ·Jing-River point
• ·Metal point
• ·Horary point

• ·Directs Lung Qi downward
• ·Relieves cough and wheezing

• ·Palms that are hot and dry, or hot and moist
• ·Sudden cardiac pain
• ·Intermittent fever
• ·Copious Phlegm
• ·Any Lung or throat condition
• ·Intermittent fever and chills
• ·Back and chest stiffness
• ·A feeling of chest fullness
• ·Chest pain accompanied by vomiting
• ·Chest pain that radiates to the upper back
• ·Esophageal spasm or pain
• ·Malaria
• ·Frequent yawning
• ·Bronchitis
• ·Cough
• ·Asthma
• ·Fever
• ·Chest pain
• ·Sore throat
• ·Wrist pain
• ·Dyspnea
• ·Wind invasion
• ·Intermittent suffocation
• ·Wheezing
• ·Throat Bi
• ·Febrile illness with breathlessness
• ·Sole-of-foot pain

Moxibustion must not be used at this point.

• ·It removes poisons from the body, functioning as a potent cleansing and eliminating point.
• ·It is seldom used in practice.
• ·Japanese and Korean acupuncture employ it in the four-needle technique to rein in an overactive Liver.