Atlas of Acupuncture

4.2 The Large Intestine Channel System – Hand yangming(shou yang ming jing luo)

Location

3 cun distal to the lateral end of the elbow crease in the direction

of the anatomical snuffbox, on the line connecting ➞L.I.-5and

➞L.I.-11.

How to find

Please note: With the hand supinated, the line connecting

➞L.I.-5and ➞L.I.-11runs along the radial margin of the fore-

arm. However, with the arm pronated, it transverses the forearm.

L.I.-9lies on the dorsal aspect of the radius and is best located

with the forearm in midposition and the elbow flexed. From

➞L.I.-11, measure 3 cun distally. The point is located in an eas-

ily palpable depression between two muscle bellies and is often

tender with pressure.

Needling

Vertically or obliquely 0.5–1 cun

Actions/Indications

● Opens the channel, cools and expels Wind

● Harmonises the Large Intestine

Upper Angle SHANGLIAN L.I.-9

3 cun

L.I.-9

9 cun

L.I.-5

L.I.-11

L.I.-5

Extensor tendon

90 °

L.I.-11

Lateral epicondyle Olecranon

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