Acupoint+LU-7+(Lie+Que)

** LU7 ** ** • **  **Lie Que**  •  **Lung** **7**  //Broken Sequence, Lightning Bolt, Aligned Hollow, Narrow Defile// Luo Connecting Point on the Lung Channel to LI-4. Ruler of the Head and Neck Master Point of the Ren Mai Exit Point [master of all luo points]

=Location= Superior to the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.

=Point Summary= //Releases The Exterior Promotes Lung Descending Function Expels Wind Benefits the Head and Nape Opens and Regulates the Conception Vessel Opens and Regulates the Water Passages Activates the Channel Transforms Phlegm// //Alleviates Pain// Luo point; EPI early stage affecting wei qi; master point of yin qiao; lesser for HA or blood in urine; with LI-4 for EPIs; GV-14 and BL-12 for EPIs; with KI-6 for Ren patterns

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture obliquely either towards the elbow or the wrist.

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
opens the lungs; enhance the descending function of the LU; disperses wind and relieves the exterior; stimulates the wei qi; opens up the nose, especially with EPI; controls the head and neck (command point of the head and neck)

Indications
wind cold; wind heat; HA; coughing; asthma with little phlegm (allergic asthma); facial paralysis; stiff neck; tai yang s/sx; diseases of the wrist joint; sore throat; disease of the pharynx; wind rash; empirical point for blood in urine

Special Notes
luo point; often used with LI-4; master point of CV; with LI-I4 and LI-20 for nasal congestion; paired confluent point with KI-6; with KI-6 for chronic sore throat; always use with KD-6 for deficient conditions involving the yin qiao/ren mai

=Diagnostic Indications= Asthma ** • ** Cough ** • ** Eye Deviation ** • ** Facial Muscle Paralysis ** • ** Genital Penis Pain **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grief **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Headache **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hematuria **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hemiplegia **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jaw Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mouth Deviation **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Neck Stiffness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sadness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throat Soreness **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Toothache **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worry **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wrist Joint Soft Tissue Diseases **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • **

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the respiratory passages, conception vessel, it's pulse and [GV-21, IS GV-22], all Yin; distributor organ-meridians (deep pulses), posterior part of the frontal lobes, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, spinal ord, psychology, on left: sense organs; on right: endocrines. Skin, muscles, bones opposite, face opposite, anterior shoulder, lateral arm, posterior forearm, wrist, hand, fingers, mostly index and dorsal side of thumb (radial nerve) same side: [KI-3,IS KI-6] Disperses the blader, small intestine. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Acts on the opposite half of the body and on the nervous centers (except superior limb same side). It is important to clearly discriminate excess (heat, congestion, inflammation, hard, deep pulses) from insufficiency (cold, weakness, deep pulses weak) Point of command of the conception vessel (rising on the right and descending on the left), all the Yin energies; furnishes energy to the triple warmer and through it to all the meridians. Acts on the sexual problems of women and of men; the skin, swelling of abdomen, etc. responds to [KI-3, IS KI-6] which comands the energy of Yin inactivity. Point of passage between the lung and large intestine: causes the excess to pass from one to the other. If excess in the Lungs: eat in chest, back, palms of the hands and fingers; abundant perspiration, difficult and painful urination. If insufficiency: cold of the back, shivering, weak and rapid breath, yawning, frequent and abundant urination, weakness of the four limbs. To tonify disperses the Large Intestine, to disperse tonifies it. Loss of memory, yawning, nervous tremors, emotiveness, crisis of hopelessness (also hemiplegia); shivering from cold or nerves Laughs too easily. Or fanatic visions, hallucinations. Internal organs, mostly Yin distributors (deep pulses): sharp pain in the chest, heart and abdomen Respiratory passages: influenza, throat opposite, tonsils, larynx, cough, trachea; bronchioles; abundant mucus; fever from lungs; pulmonary congestion (contracted breath, less energy for breathing), rusty, red sputum. Eyes: sties, abscesses, eyelids - opposite - do not close Teeth: sharp pain Mouth and tongue: abscesses; saliva and sputum Troubled digestion(food does not descend), epigastric pain; painful abdomen, swollen,, full, serious diarrhea. Swollen hemorrhoids Frequent and profuse urination (mostly at the beginning of the night) Genital apparatus: breast abscess, inflammation. After pregnancy, stiffness, cannot speak, lumbar pain, cold in the naval. The dead fetus does not come out. Men: pain in the penis during emission Skin: inflammation; burns from any source; chemical, fire, sunburn; itching, pain, shiny skin with much hair? Blood: illness or troubles of Blood Thorax opposite: Body: flaccidity from shock; sudden swelling of limbs Opposite to (vertex) or side of head: sharp pain. If insufficiency, tonify; if excess, disperse Opposite side of face swollen; neuralgia; paralysis (orbicularis muscles) of lips relaxed, mouth awry, eyelids do not close; tics, spasms, trismus Wrist & hand without strength, flabby; hands awkward Lumbar: lassitude opposite
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components=
 * Similar in effect to SP-21**, a special junction point that **affects all other junction points**. Treats almost any condition. It brings all the officials together and brings harmony and balance to the other Yin organs on the arm. **Relieves worry, grief, and sadness, esp. when beared in silence, and stimulates the beneficial outpouring of repressed emotion**. Affects connections. Harmonizes and balances circulation. Balances recieving and elimination, connecting the Lung with the Large Intestine. **Frees emotionl stagnation related to the incomplete expression or suppression of grief, sadness, etc. Treats restricted breathing due to emotions such as worry, fear, frustration, and depression**. An opening or break in the circulation of Qi. Mental agitation, has a calming effect on the mind. Constipation, retention of poisons and toxins, excessive perspiration, bad memory (hormonal), spinal disorders, epilepsy, varicose veins. Regulates and affects the release of sexual hormones [JRW]

"Cosmic Receptive." Discontinuity can be seen as an imbalance or taken as an opportunity. **Connects the Heart with the Kidneys**. Seven is the number of process, the movement of change, the line drawn between heaven and earth. The diagonal which measures the double square, square root of 5. Yawning; nervous tremors; **emotiveness. Laughs too easily, fantastic visions, hallucinations; forgetfulness;** trembling; petit mal epilepsy; migraine, oppression in the heart [ALHIM]

When the Lung is working it brings worth, with the Large intestine it can hold onto the good and let go of the bad Good for anxiety + ren and du meridians to connect deep and open the chest.
 * "guilt and shame"** - healthy regret to prod to do the right thing - **"I am fundamentally bad"**