LU 7 Acupuncture Point - Lie Que - Lung Meridian

Submitted by yyh_staff on Sat, 2006-05-20 09:42.

  • Chinese Name Lie Que
  • English Name Broken Sequence

  • Location: 1.5 cun above the wrist crease, superior to the styloid process of the radius (not on the LU 5 - LU 9 line in TCM). Japanese LU 7 is found proximal to the styloid process and it is on the LU 5 - LU 9 line.

  • Point Associations:
  • Luo Connecting Point
  • Command Point of the Head and Posterior Neck
  • Master Point of the CV, coupled with KD 6

  • Actions & Effects:
  • Exterior Wind - body aches, chills/fever, runny nose, scratchy throat, sneezing.
  • Internal Wind - bell's palsy, twitching, spasms, lockjaw.
  • As Master Point of the CV, paired with KD 6 of the Yin Qiao Mai - treats genitourinary and gynecological issues also Yin deficient sore throat.
  • Command Point of the Head and Posterior Neck - useful for any conditions involving these areas.
  • Pain of the thumb - Luo Connecting Point spreads over the thenar eminence.

  • 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

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