"The Prime Minister"  The lungs control breath and energy and assist the king heart with the circulation of the blood.  The Internal Medicine Classic states: "Energy is the commander of blood, when energy moves, blood follows.  Blood is the mother of energy; where blood goes, energy follows."  This connection is the basis for Qi-Gong.  The lungs also control the skin where the radiant energy of resistance emanates which protects us from noxious environmental influences.  Colds and flu are caused by impairment in this energy and the symptoms usually settle in the lungs. Typical presentation of an imbalance in the Lung meridian system include, respiratory disorders, disorders of the throat and nose, skin disorders and pain along the pathway.

12 Channels

HAND MAXIMUM YIN LUNG MERIDIAN POINTS: 11 3-5 am ABBREVIATIONS: L or Lu CHINESE: Fei Ching ALARM L-1 Location: On the lateral aspect of chest, In the interspace of the 1st and 2nd rib, 6 cun lateral to midline of chest. TONIFICATION  L-9 Location: On the palmar surface, at the tip of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the radial artery. SEDATION  L-5 Location: In the cubital crease, on the radial side of the tendon of  biceps brachii, flex elbow slightly to locate the point. ENTRY L-1 Location: On the lateral aspect of chest, In the interspace of the 1st and 2nd rib, 6 cun lateral to midline of chest. SOURCE L-9 Location: On the palmar surface, at the tip of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the radial artery. ASSOCIATED BL-13 Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd lumbar vertebra. LUO L-7 Location: Above the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist. Or, when the index fingers and thumbs of both hands are crossed, the point is the depression right under the tip of the index finger. EXIT L-7 Location: Above the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist. Or, when the index fingers and thumbs of both hands are crossed, the point is the depression right under the tip of the index finger. ACCUMULATION  L-6 Location: On the radial aspect of the forearrn, 7 cun above the wrist crease.