LI-18 (Fu Tu) Protuberance Assistant - Acupuncture point on the Large Intestine Channel of Hand Yang Ming

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Channel Theory

Qi Circulation Times

Qi Circulation Path

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Lung Channel

Lg. Intestine Channel

Stomach Channel

Spleen Channel

Heart Channel

Small Intestine

Bladder Channel

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Pericardium Channel

San Jiao Channel

Gall Bladder Channel

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Ren Mai
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Acu Point LI-18 (Fu Tu) Protuberance Assistant

Acupuncture Points on the Large Intestine Channel of Hand Yang Ming

Point of the Window of Heaven

Actions:

Benefits the throat and voice
Alleviates cough and wheezing

Indications:

Cough, asthma, sore throat, sudden loss of voice, scrofula, goiter.

Location (CAM):

On the lateral side of the neck, level with the tip of Adam's apple, between the sternal head and clavicular head of m. sternocleidomastoideus.

Location (AMOA):

On the lateral side of the neck, level with the tip of the laryngeal prominence, between the sternal and clavicular heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

Needling Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

References

Acupuncture

11. Grasping the Wind (First Edition) - Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss

9. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Revised Edition) - Cheng Xinnong

8. A Manual of Acupuncture (First Edition) - Peter Deadman

10. Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text (First Edition) - Shanghai College of TCM