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LI 18 Acupuncture Point

LI 18 Acupuncture Point

LI 18 Acupuncture Point is called as fú tū. Fu means Side. Tu means prominence. Tu refers to the laryngeal prominence. The point is beside the Adam’s Apple.

LI 18 Acupuncture Point
LI 18 Acupuncture Point

LI 18 Acupuncture Point Location

On the neck, on the sternocleidomastoid muscle, 3 cun lateral to the laryngeal prominence. Needle perpendicularly 0.3 – 0.5 cun.

Level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between sternal and clavicular heads of SCM

LI 18 Acupuncture Point Names

fú tū 扶突

Support the Prominence

Large Intestine 18 Protuberance Assistant

Speciality

  • Window of Heaven Point
  • Major Window of Sky Point.

Caution

Functions

  • Benefits the throat and voice
  • Relieves cough and wheezing

Indication

  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Sore Throat
  • Hoarseness of Voice
  • Scrofula
  • Goiter
  • swelling, pain of throat, sudden loss of voice, goiter, scrofula, difficulty swallowing
  • Cough, wheezing, asthma

Diseases

Asthma, cough and sore throat.

Discomfort

Area of Protection

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