LU-3 Tianfu - Heavenly Palace
More Spirit Names: Heavenly Residence, Celestial Storehouse, Celestial Treasury
| English: | Palace of Heaven |
| Also Known As: | Heavenly Hall Heavenly Palace Heavenly Storehouse Celestial Palace Heavenly Spot Heavenly Mansion Heavenly Residence Heaven's Residence |
Location
- On the medial aspect of the upper arm, 3 cun the end of the axillary fold on the radial side of the m. biceps brachii.
Note: this point is located where the nose touches the arm. - On the anterio-lateral aspect of the upper arm, 3 cun inferior to the axillary fold and 6 cun superior to LU-5 Chize, in the depression between the lateral border of the biceps brachii muscle and the shaft of the humerus.
Note: divide the distance between the axillary fold and the cubital crease of the elbow into thirds. This point is at the junction of the upper and middle thirds.
Needling
- Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Straight insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.
Command Functions
- Window of Heaven (Window of the Sky) point
Actions
- Clears Lung Heat
- Descends Lung Qi
- Cools the Blood
- Stops bleeding
- Calms the corporeal Soul (Po)
Indications
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Combinations
| LI-4 | ||
Rebellious Qi with dyspnea and inability to catch the breath | Dyspnea with Rebellious Qi Breathing with raised shoulders Inability to taste food | Epistaxis |
SJ-13 Or | LU-4 | |
Goiter Tumors of the neck Swollen throat | Painful obstruction with difficulty bending and extending the elbow Pain and heaviness of the arm with acute pain of the axilla | Purple-white Wind blotches (pityriasis versicolor) |
Contraindications
- According to several classical texts, moxibustion is contraindicated on this point as it can cause counterflow and disordered Qi.
Notes
- This point opens the Spirit and ancestral energy.
- It has a powerful psychological effect on all emotional problems related to the Lungs.
- This point can be used as a first aid point for carbon monoxide poisoning.
- This point is appropriate for Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs.
- Floating-corpse ghost talk may refer to delirious speech seen in the terminal stages of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Five Elements Spirit Perspective
| Spirit of the Point | Heavenly Palace is concerned with the quality of spiritual essence: the Creator's Palace, Palace of Soul and Spirit. Here the spirit can be fed, tended and revitalized, and any uncleanness that has defiled it can be washed away. Picture the Spirit passing through the Middle Palace and the Cloud Gate to arrive at this wonderful place, the finest palace of all. Few points are as dynamic and spiritually uplifting. It is the Emperor's palace, bringing clarity, peace and steadiness to a person lost in darkness and confusion. It is a safe place where one has what is needed. A palace of ultimate richness that makes life worth living: a quality only the father can give, connected with the royal family and the crown jewels and charged with a lineage of quality. It wipes the dark, smoky soot off the window and opens it so the light comes in and the person can see, letting filth out and light in. The character for palace means a building where records are kept, the storehouse of eternity; knowing Heaven sees the best in us helps us clear the slate and find our own best. The Lung's virtue is justice: the Liver's is human justice, always a matter of judgment and compromise, while the Lung's is heavenly justice, which always repays injury with our original nature, the very basis of self-worth. |
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| Worsley |
Location: On the anterolateral upper arm, along the outer border of biceps, 6 ACI above the elbow crease. Locate it in the anatomical position: arm straight and turned outward at the shoulder, forearm fully supinated. |
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From Class
- LU-3 Tianfu — grief: Helps process grief. (Fuggman)
- LU-3 Tianfu — moxa after death: Moxa over LU-3 after death releases remaining tension and 'exorcises' the body; ghost points help the soul not wander (in life, used for mental illness). (Lewis)
- BL-10, GB-3 (lift toward heaven) & LU-3, HT-7 (grief) for the bereaved: For family who have difficulty grieving and letting go. (Lewis)
- Head stasis: GV-16 + GV-26 needled toward each other; bleed LU-3, LU-5, LU-6: For cerebral swelling/brain bleeds/stroke; LU-3 'window of the sky'; same lung combo for spitting blood. (Gioioso)
- Hyperemesis — treat the Po: LU-3, LU-7, BL-42: Resistant hyperemesis: treat the Po (which can 'say no' to the incoming soul in trimester one) — LU-3 calms Po, LU-7 regulates Ren, BL-42 for agitated vomiting. (Lewis)
- Month 9 Shen/Po points: HT-4, HT-7, LU-3, LU-7, BL-42; avoid LI-11: Calm the spirit and Po; avoid LI-11 this month. (Lewis)
- Sun Simiao combination: SJ-13, LU-3, ST-11: Sun Simiao's goiter combination opens the clavicle area from inside (ST-11 below the clavicle); LU-3 is a Window of Sky point. (Rabinowitz)