Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin
LU
Hand-Taiyin: chest to thumb
- Type：Hand-Taiyin
- Organ：Lung
- Time of flow：Yin hour (3–5 a.m.)
- Course：Starting in the middle burner and belonging to the lung, it leaves the upper chest, runs down the front and outer (radial) side of the upper arm and forearm, and ends at Shaoshang on the radial side of the thumb.
- Traditionally associated with：Cough, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and aching in the front of the shoulder and the front-outer forearm.
Related acupoints
- Zhongfu (LU1)：Upper front of the chest, level with the first intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the front midline
- Chize (LU5)：Above the elbow crease, in the depression on the radial side of the biceps tendon
- Lieque (LU7)：Above the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 cun above the wrist crease on the palm side
- Taiyuan (LU9)：Radial side of the wrist crease on the palm side, where the radial artery pulses
- Shaoshang (LU11)：Radial side of the thumb, about 0.1 cun from the nail corner