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LU6

Kongzui

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孔最 (Kǒngzuì) — Collection Hole

Lung channel · point 6

Not yet clinically reviewed

Xi-Cleft point

Traditionally used for

  • Nose & throat
  • Cough & breathing
  • Colds & fever
  • Bowel health

Location

On the anterolateral aspect of the forearm, on the line connecting LU5 and LU9, 7 cun proximal to the palmar wrist crease (5 cun distal to LU5).

How to locate: Find the midpoint of the line from LU5 to LU9, then go 1 cun proximal — 7 cun above the wrist crease on a 12 cun forearm.

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

Body map, front: LU6 · Forearm
Fig. — LU6 · Forearm After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: LU6 · Forearm

LU6 · Forearm · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Bones of the forearm — Gray's Anatomy plate
Bones of the forearm Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.
Bones of the forearm — Gray's Anatomy plate

Bones of the forearm · 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.

Cun on this part of the body
From the cubital crease to the wrist crease: 12 B-cun (WHO 2008, General Guidelines, Proportional Bone (Skeletal) Measurements, p. 12). On the model, the cubital crease = line between the humeral epicondyles. On the model, the wrist crease = line between the radial and ulnar styloid tips.
Needle angle and depth
  1. Perpendicular (90° to the skin), 0.5–1.5 cun. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K, p. 82
  2. Oblique (45° to the skin), 0.5–1.5 cun. Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K, p. 82

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 0.5–1.5 cun
    skindeeper
  2. Oblique insertion
    Depth 0.5–1.5 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. 82 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.5–1.0 cun
Angle: Perpendicular

Functions

  • Descends Lung qi
  • Clears Lung heat
  • Cools blood and stops bleeding
  • Moistens the Lung and benefits the throat
  • Releases the exterior
  • Opens the channel

Indications

Acute asthma attackcoughing of bloodnosebleedloss of voicesore throathaemorrhoidal bleedingelbow and arm painabsence of sweating in febrile disease

Balance Method partners

Under Dr. Tan's six systems, LU6 at the forearm balances these channels at the regions its segment images.

  • 1. Same Chinese name
    Spleen channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Spleen channel →
  • 2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)
    Bladder channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Bladder channel →
  • 3. Interior–exterior pair
    Large Intestine channel
    Forearm · Same segment, opposite side
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Large Intestine channel →
  • 4. Chinese clock opposite
    Bladder channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Bladder channel →
  • 5. Chinese clock neighbour
    Liver channel
    Lower leg, Calf · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    Thigh · Reversed mirror
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Liver channel →
  • 6. Same channel
    Lung channel
    Forearm · Same segment, opposite side
    Chest, Upper back · Image, head at the hand/foot
    Upper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head toward the elbow/knee
    Solve for the Lung channel →

Clinical Notes

As the Xi-Cleft of the Lung it is the point for acute and for bleeding presentations — the two classical indications of a Xi-Cleft point on a yin channel. Its use for bleeding haemorrhoids follows the Lung–Large Intestine interior–exterior pairing.

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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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