LU-10 - Fish Border

鱼际 - Yú jì

Point Region: Hand

LU

Lung Meridian

手太阴肺经 - Shǒu Tàiyīn Fèi Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the palm, on the thumb side of the midpoint of the first metacarpal (the bone of the thumb inside the palm), where the palm skin meets the skin of the back of the hand.

How to Locate:

  1. Turn your hand palm up
  2. Find the bone of your thumb inside the fleshy pad at the base of the thumb
  3. Go to the middle of this bone
  4. The point is on its outer edge, where the palm skin meets the back-of-hand skin
LU-10 (Fish Border) acupressure point location: On the palm, on the thumb side of the midpoint of the first metacarpal (the bone of the thumb inside the palm), where the palm skin meets the skin of the back of the hand.

How to Apply Pressure

Press the fleshy pad at the base of the thumb, at the midpoint of the thumb bone where the skin of the palm meets the back of the hand. Use firm, never painful thumb pressure, and skip it over a wound or infection on the hand.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Sore throat
  • Cough
  • Fever
  • Throat inflammation
  • Throat pain
  • Acute cough
  • Throat infection

Related Health Concerns

Cold and Flu Onset

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Traditionally combined with:

LU-10 + LU-5
Cubit Marsh
LU-10 + LI-4
Joining Valley

Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Recent hand surgery
  • Severe hand infections
  • Open wounds on hand