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LU-7 Broken Sequence
列缺 〔列缺〕 liè quē
Alternate names: 童玄 tóng xuán, Child Mystery; 腕劳 wàn láo, Wrist Taxation
Channel: LU, hand greater yīn (tài yīn) lung channel
Modern location: An acupoint located 1.5 cùn proximal to the wrist, in a crevice on the lateral edge of the radius just proximal to the styloid process.
Classical location: One and a half cùn from the wrist. When the thumb and index finger of one hand are interlocked with those of the other, the point lies on the edge of the index finger, in a depression between the sinew and bone. From
Local anatomy: The cephalic vein, branches of the radial artery and vein. The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the radial nerve.
Action: Diffuses the lung and dispels cold; courses the channels and frees the network vessels.
Modern indications: Wind damage; headache and stiff nape; cough; panting; painful swollen throat; deviated eyes and mouth; clenched jaw; toothache; lack of strength in the wrist.
Classical indications: Headache; hemiplegia; enuresis and frequent urination; pain in the arm and elbow; child fright epilepsy (jīng xián); pain in the penis; bloody urine; seminal loss; unquiet sleep; generalized wind impediment (fēng bì) with numbness and tingling; heat effusion with aversion to cold; tension in the chest and back; throat impediment (hóu bì);
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.2‒0.4 cùn oblique insertion toward elbow. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒10 min.
Needle sensation: Localized twinge and distension.
Point groups: Network (luò) point; confluence (bā mài jiāo huì) point of the controlling vessel; command (sì zǒng) point of the head and nape; one of Mǎ Dān-Yáng’s twelve heavenly star points.
Point name meaning:
The name of this point may be understood in terms of the path of the lung channel. At
The character 列 (liè) meaning sequence,
may have been intended to represent its homophone 裂 (liè) meaning burst, crack, split.
The qì of the lung channel is gathered at bursting forth and breaking sequence,
which is a description of the flow of qì at this point.
Mǎ Dān Yáng describes thunderhead spitting fire.
This description refers to both the fork in the pathway, which is similar to a fork in a bolt of lightning, and to the nature of the qì at this point. It further carries out the analogy of the lung and heaven exemplified in the names Cloud Gate (
to place
, and 缺 (quē) may indicate an empty place or a hollow. Viewed in this way the name then becomes a mnemonic device for remembering the method of location; i.e., placing the finger on the hollow. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.