This point corresponds to LU-11

Names

• Small Metal

Translation

1. Shao Shang, 少 商 "Small Metal"

• Shao 少: Small, few.
• Shang 商: Express the deepest feelings. To give advice, consult the oracle.

2. Guixin, 鬼信 "Ghost Symptoms"

• Gui 鬼: Ghost
• Xin 信: Trust. A man expressing his true feelings.

Comments

• This point alludes to its role as a well point of the channel. In this cavity both Lung-Qi begins to grow as well as its function of regulating water and fire in the upper burner. This is why it can be used both to revive collapses or loss of consciousness as well as to release the fullness exerted in the vertex area of the epigastrium or below the Heart.

• This point represents the end of the pathway of the main Lung channel. Because of this it is a good point to treat the opposite extreme, the throat, since the internal pathway of the channel ascends to the throat where it exerts special influence as it is related both to the Lung and the voice, as well as to the Large Intestine.