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LU11

Shaoshang

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少商 (Shàoshāng) — Lesser Shang

Lung channel · point 11

Not yet clinically reviewed

Jing-Well pointWood pointWood point of the Lung channel

Traditionally used for

  • Nose & throat
  • Colds & fever
  • Mood & calm
  • Nerves & recovery

Location

On the thumb, on the radial side of the distal phalanx, 0.1 finger-cun proximal and lateral to the radial corner of the nail.

How to locate: At the intersection of a line along the radial nail border and a line across the nail base.

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

Body map, front: LU11 · Hand
Fig. — LU11 · Hand After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: LU11 · Hand

LU11 · 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

Approximate placement, carried over from our 2D body map onto a single adult male model (BodyParts3D) and checked against the point's location text. Shown on one side of the body. Locate the point on your patient by the location text and palpation, not by this model.

Needle angle and depth
  1. Perpendicular — not drawn: WHO gives no proportional measurement for this part of the body.
  2. Oblique, directed proximally — not drawn: WHO gives no proportional measurement for this part of the body.
  3. Prick to bleed — not drawn: no cited depth in cun.

3D anatomy: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 International (licence). Subset, simplified and recoloured by Verscienta — changes and licence details.

Needling

Cited needling

Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:

  1. Perpendicular insertion
    Depth 0.1–0.2 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Oblique insertion — directed proximally
    Depth 0.1–0.2 cun
    skindeeper
  3. Prick to bleed

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. 90 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.1 cun
Angle: Shallow perpendicular, or prick to bleed
Bleeding technique: Pricking to bleed is the usual method — a few drops for acute sore throat, high fever, or to restore consciousness.

Functions

  • Clears heat and benefits the throat
  • Restores consciousness, opens the senses and calms wind
  • Descends rebellious qi
  • Opens the channel

Indications

Acute sore throat and tonsillitisloss of consciousness and collapsehigh feverchildhood convulsionsmanianosebleedstroke with clenched jaw

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, LU11 at the hand balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

Classical calendar method · 子午流注

When the tables open LU11

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

  • 辛卯 05:00–07:00 Na Jia Fa, 辛-day sequence · Jing-Well (井)

    「辛日卯時少商本」

    Next: Sat 24 Oct, 05:00

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

A first-aid point. Bleeding LU11 for acute tonsillitis, often together with LI1, is one of the most reliably effective classical techniques in the repertoire.

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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