LU 3 LU3 Celestial Storehouse Tian Fu 天府 lung 3 Lung 3 lu3
LU 3 LU3
LU 3 LU3
LU 3 Celestial Storehouse - Tian Fu - 天府
Location
3 cun below the axillary fold on the radial side of the biceps brachii tendon.
Associations
- Window of the Sky Point
Actions
- Window of the Sky Point, regulates head/body Qi flow - goiters, swellings in the neck.
- Lung related spirit disharmonies - stress induced asthma, poor memory, fuzzy/muddled thinking, depression, "floating corpse ghost talk", "melancholy crying ghost talk" (classical descriptions possibly for seeing ghost, talking about ghosts a/or people who have died, being in constant long-term grief about someone who has passed, etc.).
- LV invading the LU pathologies.
- Generally for heat related issues whether from excess or deficiency - nosebleed, coughing blood.
LU 3 Cautions
Precautions:
- No Moxa (MX): Cautions with moxa.
For a more comprehensive list of all cautions, see our precautions and contraindications page.
Relationships
Point Categories (1)
Related TCM Patterns (2)
Related Conditions (4)