hey there it's Clara form a queue for Academy and this video is all on the long Meridian and it's acupuncture points it's a made easy video super quick straight to the point to look at all the points of the long Meridian for a great review for practitioners or for students who need a little bit of a help to help them figure out all how to memorize all the main functions of all the points or someone that just wants to learn more about acupuncture and its amazing benefits if you want more on my website and actually pro academy.com I got tons of post videos graphics courses and resources that you can use as well so check it out and you can also check me out on social media on my Facebook page ocupada me Instagram or at my youtube channel let's get started the long meridian so before we start talking about the long meridian i just wanted to review the lung functions in TCM so that comes back from foundation the main function of the lung and TCM according to TCM is of course to govern respiration and cheese so inhaling gucci and good oxygen and exhaling the co2 that's its main function the second really really strong function that we use a lot as well is controlling the defense system or the immune system the weight sheet a defensive Qi immune system it also regulates water metabolism not by itself though it regulates water with the spleen the Sandow and the kidney and so let's always remember that if there is some issue of body fluids those systems along the spleen the kidney and the same job also are involved the long opens into the nose so if there's any issue with breathing that we have to look at the long it controls the skin and body hair so rashes any kind of skin issue we still have to look at what's going on allergies as well that comes up on the skin and it controls chi in all the meridians it is also the system that houses the mind and body connection so it's really when that we have patients that don't connect the mind and the body and are very dissociated from the body right so this is a very good Meridian to see when someone has a good connection between the two the lights get started the long meridian is a hand meridian because it finishes on the hand it is a tie in meridian so tie is translated loosely by greater yin so it's a young meridian because it's a yin system or Yin organ in the TCM perspective and it is a greater Yin meridian it has as you can see eleven points that are start from the chest and goes all the way down to the thumb on that little post here I put all the points that are special points so you're welcome to read this but we're gonna go through each of the point and explain why they are special and what's the function so let's turn it up long one is located six tune loud wall to enter your mid line and one soon directly below long to love to itself is also six tune lateral to the midline and it's directly below the clavicle those two points are great for any kind of long issues like asthma bronchitis chronic or acute cough COPD any kind of long issues chronic or acute like I said but because not one is the front move of the lung it makes it the best point the best point for any kind of long issue long to is this body it will reinforce its function and help it out but long one is the best for any kind of long issue here we go long three and long for so long 3 is located three soon below the axillary fold on the radial side of the biceps long four is located for soon below the axillary fold the interior one and it's also radio to the biceps okay now both points are used locally for pain issue the bicep so any issue in the area but long three is also a window of heaven point so it's a special point as well and it makes it great for people that have depression or grief that is difficult to to not to show but to deal with so some people are grieving but they're just keeping it inside so to allow it to come out and be able to grieve and also those with depression lung five so long five location is pretty easy it's at the elbow crease and it is directly in the depression radial to the tendon of the biceps brachii it is a special point as well it's a horsey point which makes it fantastic to clear heat especially in the long it is deep best point for coughing so acute or chronic cough this is the best point it also helps asthma and sore throat but best point for cough long six so long six is located on the line between long five and long nine and it is five soon below long five it is also a special point it's a chic life point which makes it she got points a really good foot blood issue which makes a D best point for coughing blood so long five is best point for cough long six six side that's point for coughing blood so if someone is coughing blood I probably would put both for it long five and long six together long seven or long seven is a massive massive major major port it is actually one of the point on the longer again that's not directly on the long meridian line but kind of is more on the large intestine meridian line it is located one-and-a-half soon directly above large intestine five it is just superior to the styloid process of the radius it is as you can see a commander point of the head and neck so it makes it really really good to use any time there are neck and head shoes so the head would be something like a migraine a one-sided migraine non 7 is very good for that or occipital or behind the head headaches or tension or neck tension that makes it the best point it is also the conference point of the Rennes vessel which makes it a good point to use specifically to balance reproductive hormones especially when it's combined with kidney 6 it is also a rule connecting point which connects the large intestine and alone together or the long to the large intestine so it's really good for affecting anything that has to do with the immune system so it clears the common cold it boosts the immune system it's great for asthma but specifically to really help the immune system itself long eight so long eat itself is located one soon directly above long line on the transverse crease of the wrist it is a genuine point and it is a really really good point specifically for sore throat and fever it also treat asthma and cough long line is located on the transverse crease of the wrist in the depression level to the radial artery so it's on the radio end of the radio artery and it is you have to be cautious because the artery is right there it is a shoestring point it is a UN source point and it's also the inferential point of the pulse and vessels so because it's the inferential point of the pulse and vessels it's great for circulatory issues specifically cardiovascular issue like palpitation and circulatory issue on the cardiovascular perspective it is also a great point to strengthen jungchi breathe in breathe out don't she is Archy that gives us the ability or the energy to be able to inhale and exhale deeply that's also why it's really good for asthma who have difficulty in inhaling and really good for singers to strengthen their voice because it strengthened the ability to breathe deeply which is great when singers sing a lot and it get tired and the voice is weakened or they get laryngitis so this is a really good point for that that sore throat kind of thing from overusing our voice it is a un source point which means it makes a great point for people that have issues with the longed-for they're deep seated for a long long time like asthmatic patients who've had asthma since they were children long ten so long ten is located on the palm and it is at the midpoint of the first metacarpal bone at the junction of the red and white skin okay so this point is a yin spring point it is the best point for sore throat this is Lily the best point for sore throat specifically acute source what it does for helpful voice loss but I would say it sore throat its is best best point for and long xi so long xi is as you can see on the thumb and it is just at the base of the corner of the nail on the radial side of the base of the nail point won-soon posterior to the corner of that nail at the base it is a jing wall point nina Jinghua point it makes it easy to prick to bleed for people that have high fever a lot of heat making them manic or people that faint or in a coma but what's interesting also about long xi is that it is also a ghost point and being a ghost point it makes it really good to help people when they have issue after a partnership breakup so partnership breakup could be a break up in a marriage like a divorce or I could be a partnership break up in business but something that really two people have had a long relationship and now it's over this is a really good point to help or to be able to deal with it and to move forward I hope you enjoy this this was all the long points on the long Meridian if you want more check out occupy calamy calm like I said I have tons of TCM courses free one and 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