LU 3 Acupuncture Point - Tian Fu - Lung Meridian

  • Chinese Name Tian Fu
  • English Name Celestial Storehouse
     
  • Location: 3 cun below the axillary fold on the radial side of the biceps brachii tendon.
     
  • Precautions: No Moxa.
     
  • Point Associations:
  • Window of the Sky Point
     
  • Actions & Effects:
  • Window of the Sky Point, regulates head/body Qi flow - goiters, swellings in the neck.
  • Lung related spirit disharmonies - stress induced asthma, poor memory, fuzzy/muddled thinking, depression, "floating corpse ghost talk", "melancholy crying ghost talk" (classical descriptions possibly for seeing ghost, talking about ghosts a/or people who have died, being in constant long-term grief about someone who has passed, etc.).
  • LV invading the LU pathologies.
  • Generally for heat related issues whether from excess or deficiency - nosebleed, coughing blood.
     
  • Lung Meridian Points (11):
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 

Sources and More Information

The information on our site is drawn from our own lecture notes and clinical experience. The following lecture notes were used within this section:

  • Ferro, Barbara: New England School of Acupuncture, Point Location Lecture Notes
  • Harstein, Rachel: New England School of Acupuncture, Actions & Effects Lecture Notes

For a complete list of valuable resources, see our Acupuncture Theory Resources section. The most recommended texts are below:

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