My favourite Metal points

 (In addition to Command Points)                  

LUNG (IX)                     (3 (4) points)

IX 1     Middle Palace           

IX 2     Cloud Gate

IX 6     Greatest Hole

(IX 10    Fish Region)

LARGE INTESTINE (X)     (3 points)

X 7      Warm Current

X 15    Shoulder Joint

X 20    Welcome Fragrance

 

AEPs

III 13   Lung Correspondence  

III 25   Large Intestine Correspondence

 

WINDOWS OF THE SKY

IX 3     Heavenly Palace

X 18    Support and Rush Out

 

It is interesting to compare the fact that I have selected fewer points for the Metal element (6 in total, apart from the AEPs and the Windows) than those for the Wood and Earth elements.   I expect the same will be true of the Water element, again with its two officials having far more points than either the Fire or the Metal elements. 

It may also be significant that I have chosen only three points for the Large Intestine out of a total of 20, the same number as for its yin companion, the Lung, which only has 11 points.  This may be because I like to concentrate my attention on the Lung, the receiver of Qi from the heavens, rather than on the Large Intestine, in charge of drainage and dregs.   Perhaps this is because I may tend to regard it , wrongly, as a less important official.

There is one further point on the Lung, IX 10 Fish Region, which is a command point, but also has a special position when treating the Metal element.  I was told by JR Worsley that it is "the most spiritual point on the body", and that has resonated strongly with me since then.  It is a point which Metal people love to be told about, because at a deep level they understand the point's significance.  We would all like to have our most spiritual point needled, whatever our element, but it is only Metal people who appear to understand how important this point is for them.