ACUPUNCTURE
Zhong Fu: TCM Acupoint Guide
ZHONGFU
Name
Zhong Fu (Zhongfu)
Location
Laterosuperior to the sternum, 1 cun below LU-2 Yunmen, at the level of the first intercostal space, 6 cun lateral to the anterior midline. To locate it, ask the patient to extend the hand forward and resist while pressure is applied, in order to emphasize the delto-pectoral triangle.
Needling
- Puncture obliquely 0.5 to 0.8 cun towards the lateral aspect of the chest.
- Caution: to avoid injuring the Lung, never puncture deeply towards the medial aspect.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
- Slanted insertion, pointed upwards, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and soreness extending into the chest and upper arm.
- Transverse-oblique insertion 0.5 to 1 cun medially along the intercostal space.
- Caution: deep perpendicular or oblique insertion carries a substantial risk of pneumothorax.
Command Functions
- Front-Mu point
- Meeting point of the Spleen channel
- Entry point
Actions
- Regulates Lung Qi
- Stops cough and wheezing
- Disseminates and descends Lung Qi
- Disperses fullness from the chest
- Stops pain
- Transforms Phlegm
- Clears Heat
- Regulates the water passages
- Descends Stomach Qi
Indications
- Cough
- Asthma
- Pain in the chest, shoulder and back
- Fullness of the chest
- Stuttering
- Every type of Lung disorder
- Insomnia
- Mental diseases
- Rhinorrhea
- Swelling due to exposure to Wind
- Unable to lie down
- Throat Bi
- Sore throat
- Upper Jiao wasting and thirsting
- Cough due to retention of Phlegm in the Lungs
- Hemoptysis
- Night sweats
- Coughing turbid Phlegm
- Breathing with raised shoulders
- Oppression of the chest with difficulty breathing
- Swelling of the face
- Skin pain
- Running piglet Qi with lumbar pain
- Goiter
- Tracheitis
- After catching Cold, the patient has fullness in the chest
- Sore throat with difficulty swallowing
- Adenopathy
- Anorexia
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Wheezing
- Coughing up Blood and pus
- Throat blockage
- Congested nose
- Excessive sweating
- Tumors and nodular growths on the neck
- Lung abscess
- Edema due to Lung Qi Deficiency
- Dyspnea
- Fever with pulmonary symptoms
- Fever in pulmonary disorders with vomiting
- Dry cough
- Second-stage of whooping cough
- Chest pain due to Stagnation of Heat and Blood
- Nasal congestion
- Heat in the chest
- Aversion to Cold
- Chills and fever
- Difficult ingestion
- Vomiting
- Gall Bladder heat vomiting
- Retching
- Abdominal distention
- Pain in the shoulder and scapula
- Distention and fullness of the Lungs
- Rhinorrhea with clear fluid
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| UB-13 Feishu, LU-6 Kongzui | Chronic bronchitis |
| M-BW-1 Dingchuan, PC-6 Neiguan, REN-17 Shanzhong | Bronchial asthma |
| N-BW-6 Jiehexue, N-BW-20 Feirexue, UB-13 Feishu | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| UB-49 Yishe | Fullness in the chest and throat with esophageal constriction |
| HT-9 Shaochong | Chest pain |
| LU-7 Lieque, LI-4 Hegu | Cough as a prominent factor in a Wind-Cold Invasion |
| PC-6 Neiguan, ST-40 Fenglong | Resolves Phlegm retained in the chest |
| UB-13 Feishu | Tonifies the Lungs and eliminates pathogenic factors in the Lungs |
| ST-36 Zusanli, SP-3 Taibai | Tonifies the Spleen and Lungs |
| LU-2 Yunmen, UB-13 Feishu, LIV-14 Qimen, SP-1 Yinbai, UB-47 Hunmen, PC-7 Daling | Chest pain |
| PC-5 Jianshi, LI-4 Hegu | Swelling of the face and abdomen |
| ST-22 Guanmen, HT-7 Shenmen | Enuresis |
| Moxa REN-17 Shanzhong, moxa REN-8 Shenque | Abdominal fullness |
| UB-60 Kunlun, ST-20 Chengman, LU-10 Yuji, SP-20 Zhourong | Shortness of breath with a rattling sound (moxa LU-1 Zhongfu) |
| REN-16 Zhongting | Esophageal constriction with difficult ingestion and vomiting |
Notes
This point helps people renew the contact with the heaven within them. This point circulates and adjusts Lung Qi. This point is mostly used in acute Excess patterns. The primary function of this point is to clear Excess of all kinds from the Lungs.
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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