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LU10

Yuji

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魚際 (Yújì) — Fish Border

Lung channel · point 10

Not yet clinically reviewed

Ying-Spring pointFire pointFire point of the Lung channel

Traditionally used for

  • Nose & throat
  • Cough & breathing
  • Colds & fever
  • Digestion

Location

On the palm, radial to the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone, on the border between the red and white flesh of the thenar eminence.

How to locate: With the thumb relaxed, run a finger across the thenar eminence toward its radial edge until you feel the first metacarpal. The point is at the midpoint of the bone, where the pale palmar skin meets the darker skin of the back of the hand.

Regional anatomy: Beneath the skin and subcutaneous tissue the needle passes through abductor pollicis brevis into opponens pollicis and flexor pollicis brevis.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: LU10 · Hand
Fig. — LU10 · Hand After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: LU10 · Hand

LU10 · Hand · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the hand, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the hand, dorsal Gray's Anatomy, 1918
Bones of the hand, dorsal — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the hand, dorsal · Gray's Anatomy, 1918

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position on the 3D model couldn't be checked against its location text, so it is not shown. The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.5–1 cun
    skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)
  1. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 88 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–0.8 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Clears Lung heat and benefits the throat
  • Descends rebellious qi
  • Cools blood and stops bleeding
  • Harmonises the Stomach and Heart

Indications

Sore, swollen or painful throatloss of voicecough with bloodfeverfeverish sensation in the palmschildhood malnutrition patterns

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, LU10 at the hand balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open LU10

The hours Zi Wu Liu Zhu names this point at, by method. Times are the double-hour's start in UTC.

  • 辛未 13:00–15:00 Na Jia Fa, 己-day sequence · Ying-Spring (滎)

    「辛未時中魚際取」

    Next: Thu 22 Oct, 13:00

A classical reference, not a recommendation: the tables say when the method opens this point, not that it is the point to needle. Open points by the hour →

Clinical Notes

The Fire point of the Lung and the principal distal point for acute heat in the throat. Sensitive to needle — expect a strong sensation.

Combinations Using This Point

Yuji and Yemen

LU10 and TE2, two Ying-Spring points of the hand — for a swollen, painful throat, headache and malarial fever.

Similar Points

Ranked by shared patterns and conditions

Chize how are these connected? (Chize) Feishu how are these connected? (Feishu) Quchi how are these connected? (Quchi) Dazhui how are these connected? (Dazhui) Fenglong how are these connected? (Fenglong) Zhongfu how are these connected? (Zhongfu)

Sources

  • World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
  • Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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