Acupoint+LU-10+(Yu+Ji)

** LU10 ** ** • **  **Yu Ji**  •  **Lung** **10**  //Fish Border, Fish Region, Edge of the Fish// Ying Spring Point. Fire Point on Metal Meridian. =Location= On the radial aspect of the midpoint of the 1st metacarpal bone, on the junction of the red and white skin.

=Point Summary= //Benefits The Throat Clears Lung Heat Lowers Rebellious Qi// //Harmonizes The Stomach And Heart// severe raw, knifelike sore throat

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 0.8 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly.

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
clears heat in the lungs; benefits the throat; for really bad stabbing sore throat

Indications
Local

Special Notes
ying spring point; with GB-8 for hangovers

=Diagnostic Indications= Abdominal Pain ** • ** Back Pain ** • ** Cardiac Pain ** • ** Chest Pain ** • ** Cough **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Coughing Blood **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dyspnea **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fever **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fever Tidal **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Loss Of Voice **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mastitis **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Palm Heat **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throat Infections **<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;">Voice Hoarse **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the respiratory passages, auricle of the heart, cerebellum, upper spinal cord, opposite nose, opposite tip of the tongue, opposite side of the throat (tonsils, larynx), opposite breast Disperses the Large Intestine, Stomach, Bladder Dispersing acts in the opposite way Less energy, malaise, fear, anguis; chagrin, insomnia. Chattering of teeth, from shivering, nervousness, cold or from malaria Bleeding mouth (gums); teeth (mostly canines, superior and opposite), pain or loose. Tongue, opposite side of tip; yellow tongue, fever, headache, vertigo. Opposite side of throat, coldness, pain, inflammation; opposite tonsils; larynx, dryness or inflammation, pain; loss of voice (aphonia); cannot speak (aphasia); cough causing pain in the chest and back, causing discharge of urine, cannot breathe. Perspires a lot. Opposite auricle of heart, all trouble; rheumatic heart? Alcoholism. Abdomen: painful even w/out food. Opposite breast, inflammation to the point of abscess. Paralyzing rheumatism; circulating rheumatism, or generalized; deviation of the vertebral column? Thumb, index, middle fingers: pain, movements, weakness of flexion
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components=
 * Brings warmth to the father itself.** This fire is greater than any volcano. One of the most powerful points on the body. It makes a good **connection between the patient and the father (god)**. In the early days the fish symbolized god. Vesica-pisces symbol of mystical union. Brings tremendous warmth and heat to the body, mind, spirit. Helps one see the warmth and comfort tat he or she needs, and shows someone that it is worth getting well. Similar to LU-1, enriches and nourishes. Good **when metal is cold, inert, and brittle**. People may cling too much to the mother (food, etc.), but we need to spend more time with the father (air). Brings in the warmth of fire to metal to help the **"don't touch me", cut off person who is locked up inside, lacking emotional warmth and receptivity, too desperate to communicate with the heart within.** Use w/ **moxa when the Lung has gone cold**. The fire point is very powerful on metal, there must be a connection between the heart and lungs. Love, the essence of giving and recieving, this point can **reawaken memories of christ consciousness.** The foundation and rhythmic movement for our emotional life is in the fire which warms all the elements. Metal must be the right temperature to function properly; metal conducts heat but does not retain it. Within the metal there must be warmth and love, when the connection with fire, the spirit, is lost the patient may feel isolated. **People who are too rigid in outlook need warmth.** Metal connects us to our creator, through breathing, the Qi, the giving and recieving of lungs. [JRW]

This point is about spirit, and about **discoving one's own spiritual powers**. A person without spirit cannot heal; they are unable to connect with the love which they have inside themselves. **When the intelletual aspect dominates, a person feels isolated; cut off from their own feelings**. Fire is passion; our reason for being. Metal needs warmth - unity of thought with feeling. As we breathe we participate in the reciprocity of life, we draw Qi into our body and energy into our being. Indicated for **malaise, fear, anguish; chagrin, emotional distress, melancholia; insomnia** [ALHIM]

Money issues, hording, rigidity, arthritis