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LU-5 Cubit Marsh
尺泽 〔尺澤〕 chǐ zé
Alternate names: 鬼受 guǐ shòu, Ghost Endurance; 鬼堂 guǐ táng, Ghost Hall
Channel: LU, hand greater yīn (tài yīn) lung channel
Modern location: An acupoint located at the bend of the elbow, on the cubital crease, in the depression on the radial side of the biceps brachii tendon.
Classical location: Where a pulsating vessel can be felt on the elbow crease, in the depression between the sinew and bone, felt with the elbow flexed. From
Local anatomy: The branches of the radial recurrent artery and vein, the cephalic vein. The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the radial nerve.
Action: Discharges lung fire; downbears counterflow qì; clears upper burner heat.
Modern indications: Cough; panting; coughing of blood; tidal heat;
Classical indications: Shivering; tugging and slackening; hypertonicity and pain of the elbow and arm preventing normal stretching;
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒10 min.
Needle sensation: Localized twinge and distension, or an electric numbing sensation traveling down the forearm.
Point groups: Uniting (hé) (water) point.
Point name meaning:
Each transporting-shu point of the regular channels has a five-phase correspondence. The uniting (hé) points on the yīn channels are water points. The character 泽 (zé) marsh, is a reference to its designation as the water point of the lung channel. The point is located in a depression one foot (cubit)away from the pulse of the hand and is therefore named Cubit Marsh. By giving the point this name the ancients included references to both the location and the five-phase relationship of the point.
The word marsh in the point name also can serve to recall that