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Yangming
Large Intestine
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 LI 5 & LI
11.
LI 7 (wenliu)
- [Xi-Cleft]
- headache,
facial swelling, abdominal pain
- Location:
on the line connecting LI 5 & LI 11, 2 cun above LI 6.
LI 10 (shousanli)
- abdominal
pain, vomit, diarrhea
- Location:
2 cun below LI 11
LI 11 (quchi)
- [Ghost
point] s
- ore throat,
clear Heat, vomit, dysentry
- Location:
at the end of the lateral crease of the elbow when flexed.
LI 14 (binao)
- [meet w/ SI
& 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)
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