Answer to 2026 1st Quarter Name That Point

Name That Point by Katja Görts, CVA, CVC, CVCH, CVWH

In the dog, I am in a depression proximal to the most medial prominence of the radial styloid process, 1.5 cun proximal to the transverse crease of the carpus, innervated by the radial nerve.

In the horse, I am in a depression on the medial surface of the radius, 1.5 cun proximal to the styloid process and 0.5 cun distal to Pericardium 6, innervated by the musculocutaneous nerve.

I am a transpositional acupuncture point used across species for disorders of the exterior, the airway, and the head and neck. My enduring clinical relevance reflects both a strategic location on the forelimb and an unusually wide functional reach for a single point. My name refers to the interruption of my channel’s smooth flow at this site, where its Luo-connecting vessel branches off toward the Large Intestine channel, and to my role in restoring the free, sequential flow of Qi that Wind most readily disrupts.

I am a Luo-connecting point, the Opening Point for the Ren Mai, and the coupled point for the Yin Qiao Mai. Exterior excess patterns like acute invasion of Wind of the respiratory system are my primary area of expertise. Through the Yin Qiao Mai I am functionally linked to the pelvic region and the lower Jiao fluid physiology. I am the Master point for the Head and Neck, indicated for head and neck Wind patterns.

My actions are expelling Exterior Wind, stimulating Wei Qi and the descending/dispersing of Lung Qi, and opening the nose, controlling the pores and water passages. Together with Stomach 40 I am used to resolve Phlegm from the Lungs.

Western indications include rhinitis, sinusitis, pharyngolaryngitis, tracheobronchitis, acute cough, asthma, head and tooth pain (together with Large Intestine 4), stiff and painful neck, facial paralysis, epilepsy, shoulder and carpal joint pain, painful urination or urinary retention, retention of the placenta, retained post-partum fluids or fetus, estrus problems, constipation, pruritus, palpitations, congestive heart failure, and anhidrosis (horses).

From a biomedical standpoint and the available research, needling me may modulate somatic afferent input segmentally linked to upper-airway and cervical reflexes leading to improved hemodynamics, perfusion and an increased cough-threshold.

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What Point am I? LU 7, lie-que, or ‘Broken Sequence’