Atlas of Acupuncture

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

Location

With the elbow flexed, on the lateral end of the elbow crease, in

a depression between the end of the crease and the lateral epi-

condyle of the humerus, on the extensor carpi radialis longus

muscle.

How to find

First, with the elbow completely flexed, locate the lateral end of

the elbow crease. Next, with the elbow flexed at approximately

90°, palpate for a pressure-sensitive depression in this area on

the extensor carpi radialis longus muscle. L.I.-11is located

close to the border of the proximal aspect of the ulna.

Also located at the level of the elbow crease are ➞LU-5,➞P-3

(radial/ulnar of the tendon of the biceps) and ➞HE-3(with the

elbow completely flexed at the medial end of the cubital crease).

Needling

Vertically 1–1.5 cun

Actions/Indications

● Clears Heat, expels Wind

● Clears yangming– Fire

● Cools the Blood, drains Dampness, alleviates itching

● Opens the channel

Special features

He-sea point, Earth point, tonification point, Sun Si Miao Ghost

point, Ma Dan Yang Heavenly Star point. Important point for

Heat conditions and disorders of the upper extremity.

Pool at the Crook QUCHI L.I.-11

90 °

L.I.-11

Cubital crease

Lateral epicondyle Olecranon

Medial head of the

triceps brachii

Aponeurosis

of the biceps

brachii

Medial

epicondyle

Palmaris longus

Biceps brachii

Tendon of

the biceps

brachii

P-3

HE-3

LU-5

Flexor carpi

radialis

Left arm, anterior aspect

Brachialis

Brachioradialis

Extensor

carpi radialis

longus

Lateral

epicondyle

Tendon of the

triceps brachii

Olecranon

Flexor carpi

ulnaris

L.I.-11

T.B.-10

Left arm, posterior aspect

Medial head

of the triceps

brachii

Lateral head

of the triceps

brachii

P-3

Lu-5

He-3

Biceps

Biceps

tendon

Cubital crease

Right arm, anterior aspect

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