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21 Cards in this Set
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LI1 商陽 (商阳)
Shāngyáng = Lesser Metal |
Location: on radial side of index finger about 0.1 cun posterior to corner of nail
Needling: superficial 0.1 cun, prick to bleed |
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LI2 二間 (二间)
Èrjiān = Second Space |
Location: in depression of radial side of index finger distal to 2nd metacarpophalangeal joint; point located with finger slightly flexed
Needling: ⊥ 0.2 – 0.3 cun |
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LI3 三間 (三间)
Sānjiān = Third Space |
Location: when loose fist is made point is on radial side of index finger in depression proximal to head of 2nd metacarpal bone
Needling: perpendicular ⊥ 0.5 – 0.8 cun |
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LI4 合谷
Hégŭ = Union Valley/Joining Valley |
Location: On dorsum of hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in middle of 2nd metacarpal bone on radial side
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun; Caution: No Moxibustion & contraindicated during pregnancy |
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LI5 陽溪 (阳溪)
Yángxī = Yáng Stream |
Location: on radial side of wrist; when thumb is tilted upward it is in depression between tendons of extensor pollicus longus and brevis
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun |
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LI6 偏歷 (偏历)
Piānlì = Veering Passage |
Location: with elbow flexed and radial side of arm upward, point is on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11 3 cun above crease of wrist
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 0.8 cun |
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LI7 温溜
Wēnliū = Warm Flow |
Location: with elbow flexed and radial side of arm upward, point is on line connecting LI-5 and LI-11, 5 cun above crease of wrist
Needling: transverse ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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LI8 下廉
Xiàlián = Lower Angle |
Location: on line joining LI-5 and LI-11 4 cun below cubital crease
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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LI9 上廉
Shànglián = Upper Angle |
Location: on line joining LI-5 and LI-11, 3 cun below cubital crease
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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LI10 手三里
Shŏusānlĭ = Arm Three Miles |
Location: on line joining LI-5 and LI-11, 2 cun below cubital crease
Needling: ⊥ 0.8 – 1.2 cun |
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LI11 曲池
Qūchí = Pool at Crook |
Location: when elbow is flexed point is in depression at lateral end of transverse cubital crease midway between Lu-5 and lateral epicondyle of humerus
Needling: ⊥ 1.0 – 1.5 cun |
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LI12 肘髎
Zhŏuliáo = Elbow Crease |
Location: when elbow is flexed point is on lateral side of upper arm 1 cun above LI-11 on border of humerus
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun |
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LI13 手五里
Shŏuwŭlĭ = Arm Five Miles |
Location: on lateral side of upper arm on line connecting LI-11 and LI-15, 3 cun above LI-11
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 1.0 cun; Caution: radial collateral artery |
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LI14 臂臑
Bìnào = Upper Arm |
Location: on lateral side of upper arm on line connecting LI-11 and LI-15, 7 cun above LI-11 at insertion of deltoid muscle
Needling: ⊥ 0.8 – 1.5 cun |
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LI15 肩髃
Jiānyú = Shoulder Bone |
Location: antero-inferior to acromion on upper portion of deltoid muscle; when arm is in full abduction point is in depression appearing at anterior border of acromioclavicular joint
Needling: ⊥ or ∠ 0.8 – 1.5 cun |
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LI16 巨骨
Jùgŭ = Great Bone |
Location: in upper aspect of shoulder in depression between acromial extremity of clavicle and scapular spine
Needling: ⊥ 0.5 – 0.7 cun; Caution pneumothorax especially in thin patients |
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LI17 天鼎
Tiāndĭng = Heaven’s Tripod |
Location: on lateral side of neck at posterior border of SCM muscle beside laryngeal protuberance at midpoint of line connecting LI-18 and ST-12
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: deep needling may puncture carotid artery or jugular vein |
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LI18 扶突
Fútú = Support Prominence |
Location: on lateral side of neck, level with tip of Adam’s Apple between sternal and clavicular heads of SCM muscle
Needling: ⊥ 0.3 – 0.5 cun; Caution: deep needling may puncture carotid artery or jugular vein |
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LI19 口禾髎
Kŏuhéliáo = Mouth Grain Crevice |
Location: right below lateral margin of nostril level with Du-26
Needling: ∠ 0.2 – 0.3 cun |
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LI20 迎香
Yíngxiāng = Welcome Fragrance |
Location: in nasolabial groove at level of midpoint of lateral border of ala nasi
Needling: ∠ or subcutaneously 0.3 – 0.5 cun |
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Moxa on the LI meridian is counterindicated on which 3 points?
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LI 1, 19, 20
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