Taiyuan (LU 9)

Lung shu point 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 yuanpoint. As well as the Huimeeting point of Vessels.

Location

Taiyuan is located at the external end of the flexion fold of the wrist, 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.