ACUPUNCTURE
Shu Fu: TCM Acupoint Guide
SHUFU
Name
Shu Fu (Shufu)
Location
2 cun lateral to the REN channel, in the depression on the lower border of the clavicle. Note: the 2 cun line is located halfway between the midline and the mammillary line.
Needling
- Puncture obliquely, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Caution: deep perpendicular or oblique needling may puncture the lung.
- Transverse insertion directed laterally along the inferior border of the clavicle, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 0.8 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Stimulates the kidneys function of reception of qi
- Subdues rebellious qi
- Stops cough and wheezing
- Calms asthma
- Resolves phlegm
- Unbinds the chest
- Harmonizes the stomach
- Lowers rebellious qi
Indications
- Cough
- Asthma
- Generalized sensation of cold
- Mental fatigue and disorientation
- Anxiety and palpitations
- Forgetfulness
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Anorexia
- Abdominal distention
- Inability to eat and drink
- Steaming bone disorder
- Chest pain
- Chronic asthma
- Bronchitis
- Stifling sensation in the chest
- Dyspnea
- Headache due to mental stress
- Chronic cough with vomiting of phlegm
- Wheezing
- Oppression of the chest with chronic dyspnea
- Reckless movement of hot blood in women
Contraindications
This point is said to be contraindicated during menstruation.
Notes
An important local point for the treatment of asthma from kidney deficiency.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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