LARGE INTESTINE – Hand YangMing Acupuncture Meridian (jing luo)

LARGE INTESTINE – Hand Yang Ming

LI 1(shangyang)

toothache, sore throat, Heat diseases

Location: on the radial side of the index finger, 1 fen proximal to the corner of the nail.

LI 4 (hegu)

Command point of face & mouth, Yuan Source

headache, red sore eyes, nosebleed, sore throat, facial paralysis, menstrual block, diarrhea &/or constipation

Location: when squeezing thumb against index finger, it is the highest point on the bulge, needled close to the 2nd metacarpal bone.

LI 5 (yangxi)

headache, red sore eyes, toothache, sore throat, deafness/ tinnitus

Location: on the wrist line between the 2 tendons connected to the thumb (extensor pollicis brevis & extensor pollicis longus).

LI 6 (pianli)

Connect to LU

edema, inhibited urine, nosebleed, deafness

Location: one quarter of the way between the line connecting Large Intestine 5 & Large Intestine 11.

LI 7 (wenliu)

Xi Cleft

headache, facial swelling, abdominal pain

Location: on the line connecting Large Intestine 5 & Large Intestine 11, 2 cun above Large Intestine 6.

LI 10 (shousanli)

abdominal pain, vomit, diarrhea

Location: 2 cun below Large Intestine 11

LI 11 (quchi)

Ghost point

sore throat, clear Heat, vomit, dysentry

Location: at the end of the lateral crease of the elbow when flexed.

LI 14 (binao)

meet w/ Small Intestine & BL

local, scrofula

Location: at the distal insertion of the deltoid (where it comes to a point on the humerus)

LI 15 (jianyu)

local, scrofula

Location: directly below the anterior border of the acromion, where a depression is formed when the arm is abducted.

LI 16 (jugu)

local, scrofula

Location: in the triangle depression between the acromial extremity of the clavicle & the spine of the scapula.

LI 20 (yingxiang)

nasal congestion/bleeding, facial paralysis & swelling

Location: in the naso labial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi (flared/winged part of nostril)