Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: Located at the nail base of the thumb, on the radial side.

How to Locate:

  1. Look at your thumb
  2. Find the corner of the thumbnail on the index finger side
  3. Locate where the nail meets the skin at this corner
  4. The point is right at this junction
Location illustration for Located at the nail base of the thumb, on the radial side.

Primary Functions

Respiratory System

  • Treats acute respiratory emergencies
  • Clears severe lung heat
  • Improves breathing in critical conditions
  • Treats asthma attacks
  • Reduces respiratory inflammation

Throat & Voice

  • Treats severe sore throat
  • Reduces acute throat swelling
  • Treats loss of voice
  • Clears throat obstruction
  • Improves swallowing difficulties

Nervous System

  • Treats mental confusion and delirium
  • Improves consciousness and awareness
  • Treats febrile convulsions
  • Calms excessive mental agitation
  • Restores mental clarity

Circulatory System

  • Treats high fever emergencies
  • Improves circulation in acute conditions
  • Reduces pathological heat
  • Regulates body temperature

Immune & Energy System

  • Clears severe pathogenic heat
  • Strengthens immune response to infections
  • Reduces systemic inflammation
  • Speeds recovery from acute illness

Emergency & Revival

  • Used in emergency resuscitation
  • Restores consciousness
  • Treats acute medical emergencies
  • Stimulates vital energy

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LU-11 Protocols

N/A

Important Precautions

  • Broken skin around nail
  • Severe nail infections
  • Recent nail injury