Lung channel · LU7

列缺 Lièquē

LU7 · Broken Line

LU7 Lièquē marked on the body, Two fingers above the wrist crease, just above the bony bump on the thumb side of the wrist, in the groove between two tendons

Where it is

Two fingers above the wrist crease, just above the bony bump on the thumb side of the wrist, in the groove between two tendons.

Anatomically: Thumb side of the forearm, 1.5 cun up from the wrist crease (palm side), just above the styloid process of the radius, in the groove between the brachioradialis and abductor pollicis longus tendons.

Locations follow the WHO standard acupuncture point locations, in our own words.

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The name

列to split, to set apart

缺a gap, a break

Above the wrist the channel splits and a branch leaves for its partner, the Large Intestine. The same two characters were an old word for lightning, a crack across the sky.

Point categories

Luo-Connecting 絡穴: On the twelve main channels, where a branch leaves the channel to link with its paired channel (the Lung with the Large Intestine, and so on). The other three (CV15, GV1 and the Great Luo of the Spleen, SP21) spread a net of small vessels over the trunk.
Confluent (Ren Mai / CV) 八脈交會穴: Eight points on the arms and legs, each of which opens one of the eight extraordinary vessels.

On the Lung channel

Point 7 of 11 on the Hand Taiyin Lung Channel.

For education about traditional Chinese medicine theory only. Not medical advice. Talk to a qualified health professional before using acupressure if you are pregnant, have a health condition or take medication.