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Channel: LU, hand greater yīn (tài yīn) lung channel

Modern location: An acupoint located on the palmar aspect of the forearm, 5 cùn distal to the cubital crease, on the line connecting LU-5 (chǐ zé) and LU-9 (tài yuān).

Classical location: Below Cubit Marsh (LU-5), seven cùn from the wrist crease, in the depression between the two bones. From The Golden Mirror of Medicine (医宗金鑑 yī zōng jīn jiàn)

Local anatomy: The cephalic vein, the radial artery and vein. The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial ramus of the radial nerve.

Action: Moistens the lung and staunches bleeding; clears heat and resolves the exterior.

Modern indications: Cough; panting; coughing of blood; painful swollen throat; hemorrhoids; pain in the elbow and arm with difficulty in bending and stretching.

Classical indications: Reversal headache; reversal cold of the arms; absence of sweating; expectoration of blood; loss of voice; painful pharynx; cough and counterflow; hemorrhoids.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3‒5 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

Needle sensation: Localized distension, sometimes spreading distally.

Point groups: Cleft (xī) point of the lung channel.

Point name meaning:

• 孔 kǒng: hole, aperture
• 最 zuì: to collect, to gather; a superlative adverb, that
is equivalent to most or the suffix -est

Being the cleft (xī) point of the lung channel, LU-6 is, by definition, located in a fissure-like depression. The character 最 (zuì) in this name refers to the depth of the hole and the point’s subsequent ability to collect qì and blood. The character 孔 (kǒng), meaning hole, further serves to remind the practitioner of the point’s ability to treat diseases of the mouth and throat, such as loss of voice, spitting of blood, and sore throat. See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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