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LU 11 Acupuncture Point

LU 11 Acupuncture Point

LU 11 Acupuncture Point is called as shào shāng.shào means immature/less.shāng is one of the five sounds, pertaining to metal. The Lung pertains to metal in the five elements and to the shang sound in the five sounds. This is the last point of the Lung Meridian, where the Qi is less.

LU 11 Acupuncture Point
LU 11 Acupuncture Point

LU 11 Acupuncture Point Location

Radial side of thumb, 0.1 cun from corner of the nail

On the radial side of the thenar eminence, 0.1 cun posterior to the nail bed. Needle subcutaneously 0.1 cun.

LU 11 Acupuncture Point Names

少商 shào shāng

Lung 11 Lesser Merchant.

Speciality

Jing Well Point on the Lung Channel.

Wood Point on Metal Meridian

Sun Si-Miao Ghost Point

Functions

Indication

  • Fever
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Sore Throat
  • Epistaxis
  • Contracture and pain of fingers
  • Febrile Diseases
  • loss of consciousness (from wind-stroke)
  • Mental Disorders
  • agitation of the heart, fullness below the heart, mania, epilepsy
  • pain of the wrist, thumb, arm, front of ear

Diseases

Cough, finger pain and throat soreness.

Discomfort

Area of Protection

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