LU08 Jingqu (Channels Ditch)

Location

1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression on the lateral side of the radial artery.

Indications

Conditions for which LU08 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using LU08

• Headache, Muscle Pain, Fatigue Chronic, Fatigue Unexplained, Sleep Unrefreshing, Memory Impaired, Malaise Post-exertional – LU08, SP03, HT08, BL15, CV06 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-147 ↗)
• Kidney Deficiency, Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee – LU08, ST35, SP03, SP09, BL39, KD03, KD07 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-129 ↗)
• Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Liver Deficiency – LU08, ST35, SP09, BL39, KD10, LV04, LV08 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-129 ↗)
• Palpitations, Knee Pain, Tremor Hand, Tremor Essential, Tremor Jaw – LU08, HT03, LV02, LV04, CV17, CV23 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2013.16.022 ↗)
• Tremor Hand, Tremor Essential, Tremor Jaw – LU08, HT03, LV02, LV04, CV17, CV23 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2013.16.022 ↗)
• Headache, Nausea, Tremor Essential, Tremor Jaw – LU08, HT03, LV02, LV04, CV17, CV23 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2013.16.022 ↗)
• Joint Pain, Muscle Pain, Fatigue Chronic, Sleep Unrefreshing, Fatigue Post-exertional – LU08, SP03, HT08, BL15, CV06 (doi:10.1186/s13063-015-0857-0 ↗)
• Immune Deficiency, Fatigue Cancer – LU08, SI05, BL66, TB04, CV12 (doi:10.1155/2015/703439 ↗)
• Fatigue, Cancer, Immune Deficiency – LU08, SI05, BL66, TB04, CV12 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(15)30061-3 ↗)
• Dysuria, Leg Pain, Lower Back Pain, Spasticity, Balance Impaired, Lower Extremity Weakness, Gait Disturbance – LU08, ST34, ST36, ST37, SP01, SP02, SP03, SP10, HT08, BL15, BL16, BL17, BL18, BL19, KD03, KD07, LV01 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i31.9691 ↗)
• Anxiety, Palpitations, Depression, Insomnia, Dyspepsia, Fatigue Post-covid – LU08, LU11, LI05, ST25, ST36, HT08, SI05, GB20, LV02, LV04, CV04 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000039121 ↗)
• Dyspepsia Functional – LU08, LI01, SP05, SP09, BL66, KD10, GB43, GB44, LV04, LV08 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1545687 ↗)
• Fatigue, Neuropathic Pain, Neuralgia Postherpetic – LU08, ST36, SP06, GB20 (doi:10.3390/healthcare12020256 ↗)
• Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Dyspepsia, Long Covid, Adjustment Disorder – LU08, LU11, LI05, ST25, ST36, HT08, SI05, GB20, LV02, LV04, CV04 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000039121 ↗)
• Ataxia, Gait Disturbance, Gait Instability – LU08, ST34, ST36, ST37, SP01, SP02, SP03, SP10, HT08, KD03, KD07, LV01 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i31.9691 ↗)
• Fatigue, Anxiety, Depression, Adjustment Disorder – LU08, LU11, LI05, ST25, ST36, HT08, SI05, GB20, LV02, LV04, CV04 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000039121 ↗)
• Kidney Yin Deficiency, Kidney Yin Deficiency – LU07, LU08, SP06, BL23, KD01, KD02, KD03, KD05, KD06, XB02T4 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Heat Lung, Wind Lung, Heat Lung, Wind Lung – LU03, LU06, LU07, LU08, LU10, LU11, LI04, LI19, SI07, SI08, SI09, SI10, SI18, BL02, BL04, BL05, BL06, BL07, BL11 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Fatigue, Cancer, Immunodeficiency – LU08, SI05, BL66, TB04, CV12 (Kim DJ, Park SH, Seo JC, Kim KS, Sohn KC, Shin IH, Ryoo HM. Efficacy of Saam acupuncture treatment on improvement of immune cell numbers in cancer patients: a pilot study. J Tradit Chin Med 2014; 34(5): 550-554)

Most often selected alongside LU08

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with LU08. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• LV04Mound Centre8 protocols
• HT08Lesser Mansion7 protocols
• LV02Passing Between6 protocols
• SI05Yang Valley6 protocols
• ST36Leg Three Miles6 protocols
• SP03Great White5 protocols
• BL66Foot Valley Passage4 protocols
• GB20Wind Pool4 protocols
• KD03Great Stream4 protocols
• LU11Lesser Metal4 protocols
• BL15Heart Shu Point3 protocols
• CV04Original Qi Gate3 protocols

Other points on the Lung Meridian