Acupoints for Costal Lateral Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Lung Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 列缺 (liè quē)

🎯 Location: Superior to the styloid process of the radius 1.5 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between brachioradialis and tendon of the abductor policis longus.

⚠️ Cautions: Use with caution in patients with radial nerve sensitivity.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Phlegm

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 商陽 (shāng yáng)

🎯 Location: On the radial side of the index finger about 01 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders; contraindicated in serious infections of finger.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Tinnitus, Heat, Chest Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下廉 (xià lián)

🎯 Location: On the line joining li5 and li11 4 thumb widths below cubital crease.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in areas of skin damage or infection.

🛡️ Treats: Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Heat, Abdominal Pain, Wind

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣戶 (qì hù)

🎯 Location: At the lower border of the middle of the clavicle 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Asthma, Chest Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 库房 (kù fáng)

🎯 Location: In the 1st intercostal space 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Risk of pneumothorax; avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Coughing Blood, Chest Fullness, Cough Pus

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣沖 (qì chōng)

🎯 Location: 5 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the cv2.

⚠️ Cautions: Needle with care near the femoral artery. Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Heat, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain, Absent Periods

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足三里 (zú sān lǐ)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cases of severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上巨虛 (shàng jù xū)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Spleen Weakness, Stomach Weakness, Common Cold

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陷谷 (xiàn gǔ)

🎯 Location: In the depression the distal to the junction of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Common Cold, Chest Fullness, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰陵泉 (yīn líng quán)

🎯 Location: On the lower border of the medial condyle of the tibia in the depression the posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in cases of knee inflammation.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Fever, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Jaundice

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 食竇 (shí dòu)

🎯 Location: In the 5th intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Jaundice, Chest Fullness, Abdominal Bloating, Breast Swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天谿 (tiān xī)

🎯 Location: In the 4th intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Chest Fullness, Breast Abscess, Hiccups

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 胸鄉 (xiōng xiāng)

🎯 Location: In the 3rd intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Fullness, Costal Lateral Fullness, Unbind Chest, Back Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 周榮 (zhōu róng)

🎯 Location: In the 2nd intercostal space 6 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Fullness, Benefit Digestion, Costal Lateral Fullness, Chest Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 大包 (dà bāo)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the chest on the middle axillary line in the 6th intercostal space.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Pain, Rib Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 極泉 (jí quán)

🎯 Location: When upper arm is abducted point is in the center of the axilla on the medial side of the axillary artery.

⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated for needling; proximity to axillary artery.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Anxiety, Palpitations, Elbow Pain, Retching

🗺️ Meridian: Heart Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 通里 (tōng lǐ)

🎯 Location: When palm faces upward point is on the radial side of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 thumb width above the transverse crease of the wrist.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Palpitations, Qi Deficiency, Depression, Chest Fullness

🗺️ Meridian: Small Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天宗 (tiān zōng)

🎯 Location: On the scapula in the depression of the center of the subscapular fossa and at the level of the 4th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Rule out fracture, dislocation and joint instability before needling, and do not needle into an acutely swollen joint or a haemarthrosis.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Qi Stagnation, Chest Fullness, Elbow Pain, Shoulder Blade Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 督俞 (dū yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du10 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 6th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Qi Deficiency, Common Cold

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 膈俞 (gé yú)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du9 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Shortness of Breath, Sweating, Dizziness