LU-6 - Maximum Opening

孔最 - Kǒng zuì

Point Region: Forearm

LU

Lung Meridian

手太阴肺经 - Shǒu Tàiyīn Fèi Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the front and outer side of the forearm, on the line from LU-5 at the elbow crease to LU-9 at the wrist crease, 7 cun above the wrist crease. It lies 1 cun above the midpoint of that line.

Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.

How to Locate:

  1. Find the midpoint between your elbow crease and your wrist crease, on the thumb side of the forearm
  2. Move one thumb-width up from the midpoint, toward the elbow
  3. The point is on the line running from the elbow crease to the pulse at the wrist
LU-6 (Maximum Opening) acupressure point location: On the front and outer side of the forearm, on the line from LU-5 at the elbow crease to LU-9 at the wrist crease, 7 cun above the wrist crease.

How to Apply Pressure

Find the midpoint between the elbow crease and the wrist crease on the thumb side of the forearm, move one thumb-width toward the elbow and press into the muscle with the thumb, firm but never painful. Skip it with a bleeding disorder or after arm surgery; coughing up blood or trouble breathing needs medical care.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Coughing blood
  • Sore throat
  • Acute cough
  • Throat pain

Related Health Concerns

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Severe bleeding disorders
  • Recent arm surgery
  • Acute respiratory distress