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POINT: UB-13 (URINARY BLADDER-13)

NAME: FEISHU

English: Lung Shu
Also Known As: Lung's Hollow

LOCATION:

  • 1.5 cun lateral to DU-12 Shenzhu, at the lower border of the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture obliquely 0.5 to 0.7 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable
  • Oblique insertion towards the spine, 0.5 to 1 cun or
    Transverse insertion 1 to 1.5 cun
  • Caution: perpendicular needling or oblique needling away from the spine carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax
  • Straight insertion, slanted slightly toward the spine, 1 to 1.5 cun
    Sensation: local soreness and distention, sometimes extending between the ribs
  • Caution: Do not needle to deeply in order to avoid puncturing the Lung
  • Transverse insertion, pointed downward along the muscle1 to 2 cun
    Sensation: local distention and soreness
    Locate at the highest visible point of the paraspinal muscles

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Back Shu Point of the Lungs

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates and tonifies the Lungs (especially Qi)
  • Tonifies Lung Qi
  • Nourishes Lung Yin
  • Regulates the Upper Jiao
  • Tonifies ancestral Qi
  • Disperses Lung Qi
  • Stimulates the Lungs' descending function
  • Expands and relaxes the chest
  • Dispels Wind, Wind-Cold, Wind-Heat and Wind-Dryness
  • Transforms Phlegm, Phlegm-cold, Phlegm-Dampness and Phlegm-Heat
  • Clears Heat
  • Releases Exterior conditions
  • Stimulates sweating
  • Regulates the Nutritive (Ying) and Defensive (Wei) Qi
  • Stops cough

INDICATIONS:

  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Chest pain
  • Hemoptysis
  • Afternoon fever
  • Night sweating
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Pleurisy
  • Bronchitis
  • Urticaria
  • Lower back pain and stiffness
  • Throat Bi
  • Dyspnea
  • Shortness of breath with no desire to speak
  • Sticky, yellow sputum
  • Wheezing cough
  • Persistent cough in children
  • Heat sensation in the chest
  • Coughing of Phlegm
  • Rapid pulse
  • Chills and fever
  • Cold shivering
  • Lung atrophy
  • Deficiency taxation fever
  • Pain of the upper back and shoulder
  • Deficiency agitation
  • Heat in the body
  • Epilepsy
  • Vomiting
  • Vomiting fluid after eating
  • Vomiting of foam
  • Crooked spine
  • Turtle back in children
  • Upper Jiao wasting and thirsting syndrome
  • Steaming bone disorder
  • Consumption with steaming bone disorder
  • Atrophy syndrome due to Lung Heat
  • Insanity
  • Convulsions
  • Lung abscess
  • Tidal fever
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Insomnia
  • Neck and back stiffness
  • Chest fullness with difficult breathing
  • Vomiting
  • Pneumonia
  • High fever with cough
  • Chronic Lung Qi Deficiency
  • Goiter
  • Cold Lungs
  • Difficult breathing on lying down
  • Attack of the Lungs by Wind
  • Fever
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Anhydrosis
  • Consumption
  • Dryness of the mouth and tongue
  • Mania
  • Mad walking with a desire to commit suicide
  • Fullness with no pleasure in eating
  • Jaundice
  • Pain of the flesh
  • Itching of the skin
  • Urticaria

COMBINATIONS:

UB-12
Shenzhu

UB-43
Gaohuangshu

DU-14
Dazhui
 UB-43
Gaohuangshu

Chronic Lung Qi Deficiency

Nourishes Lung Yin

 

Chronic bronchitis (moxibustion)

N-BW-20
Feirexue
REN-17
Shanzhong
LU-1
Zhongfu
PC-6
Neiguan

DU-14 Joined to N-BW-6
Dazhui Joined to Jiehexue
REN-17 Joined to REN-18
Shanzhong Joined to Yutang
LU-5
Chize
ST-36
Zusanli

or

DU-14 Joined to N-BW-6
Dazhui Joined to Jiehexue
REN-20 Joined to REN-21
Huagai Joined to Xuanji
LU-5
Chize
ST-36
Zusanli

LU-2
Yumen
LU-1
Zhongfu
SP-1
Yinbai
LIV-14
Qimen
UB-47
Hunmen
PC-7
Daling

Bronchial asthma

Pulmonary tuberculosis

Chest pain

REN-14
Juque

ST-40
Fenglong

REN-22
Tiantu

Fullness in the chest

Cough with Phlegm

Coughing

Hoarse voice

LU-6
Kongzui
PC-3
Quze

DU-13
Taodao

DU-16
Fengfu

Hemoptysis

Seasonal fever

Mad walking with a desire to commit suicide

DU-2
Yaoshu

 

 

Stiffness of the lumbar region and back with inability to bend laterally

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is the the pre-eminent point to treat all disorders of the Lungs.
  • This point can be used for both Exterior and Interior conditions.
  • In cases of chronic Lung Qi Deficiency causing asthma or cough that is worse in the winter, apply intensive moxibustion to this point during the summer.
  • The action of this point extends to the Heart.