Meridian MasteryLung channel · LU9
太淵 Tàiyuān
LU9 · Great Abyss
Where it is
On the wrist crease at the thumb side, in the hollow just outside the pulse.
Anatomically: Where the wrist crease (palm side) crosses the hollow between the styloid process of the radius and the scaphoid, on the little-finger side of the abductor pollicis longus tendon.
Locations follow the WHO standard acupuncture point locations, in our own words.
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The name
The wrist pulse is felt here at its deepest, and all the vessels are said to meet here (it is the Influential point of the vessels). As the Yuan-Source point, it reaches deep into the Lung itself.
Point categories
- Stream point · Earth 輸穴
- At the Stream point the water gathers pace and pours on, strong enough to carry things with it.
- Yuan-Source 原穴
- Where the organ's original Qi, which comes from the Kidneys, surfaces on its channel.
- Influential (Vessels) 八會穴
- Eight points, each with a special influence on one kind of tissue or substance in the body: the Yin organs (LR13), the Yang organs (CV12), Qi (CV17), blood (BL17), the sinews (GB34), the vessels (LU9), the bones (BL11) and the marrow (GB39).
On the Lung channel
Point 9 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.