Taiyuan (9P)

Point shu of the lung and we are on a yin meridian, so it is a point which corresponds to the earth. She is the mother of metal.
This is also the point yuan. As well as the point today, meeting of ships.

Location

Taiyuan is located at the outer end of the wrist flexion crease, we place ourselves at the inner edge of the tendon which is just under the thumb. Point located where the pulsation of the radial artery is perceptible.

Therapeutic functions and clinical indications

• When the lung, the metal is deficient, we tone the mother of the metal and therefore the earth (shu point): Production of mucus which stagnates in the lung.
• It is the point of the vessels (hui point, meeting point of the vessels), so can be used for the treatment of inflammation of the vessels for example.
• Local point of wrist pathologies.