LI / The Large Intestine channel of Hand Yangming / 手阳明大肠经 Flashcards
20 points
LI 商阳 Shangyang - 井穴（金）
On the dorsal aspect of the index finger, at the junction of lines drawn along the radial border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail
- Jing-Well point
- Metal point
LI2 二间 Erjian - 荥穴（水）
On the radial border of the index finger, in a depression just distal to the metacarpo-phalangeal joint
- Ying-Spring point
- Water point
*LI3 三间 Sanjian - 腧穴（木）
Just proximal to the radial side of the base of the index finger, in the depression between the muscle and the bone. Dorsal to the insertion of the first dorsal interosseous muscle.
- Shu-Stream point
- Wood point
LI4 合谷 Hegu - 原穴
On the dorsum of the hand, between the first and second metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone and close to its radial border
- Yuan-Source point
- Command point for the face and mouth
- Heaven Star point
LI5 阳溪 Yangxi - 经穴（火）
On the radial side of the wrist, in the centre of the hollow formed by the tendons of extensor pollicis longus and brevis (anatomical snuffbox)
- Jing-River point
- Fire point
LI6 偏历 Pianli - 络穴
3 cun proximal to Yangxi LI5, on the line connecting Yangxi LI5 with Quchi LI11
- Luo-Connecting point
LI7 温溜 Wenliu - 郗穴
5 cun proximal to Yangxi LI5, on the line connecting Yangxi LI5 with Quchi LI11
- Xi-Cleft point
*LI8 下廉 Xialian
On the most lateral aspect of the forearm, in a depression 4 cun distal to LI 11, one third of the distance along the line connecting LI11 with LI5, Situated in a depression between the lateral border of the brachioradialis and the extensor carpi radialis
*LI9 上廉 Shanglian
In the depression 3 cun distal to the line connecting LI11 and LI5,
LI10 手三里
On the radial side of the forearm, 2 cun distal to Quchi LI11, on the line connecting Quchi LI11 with Yangxi LI5
- Situated lateral to the border of the brachioradialis muscle, in the extensor carpi radialis longus, and more deeply, in the extensor carpi radialis brevis. In its deep position lies the supinator muscle
LI11 曲池 Quchi - 合穴（土）、第十二鬼穴
At the elbow, midway between Chize LU5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease
- He-Sea point
- Earth point
- Heavenly Star point
- Twelfth Ghost point
LI12 肘髎 Zhouliao
When the elbow is flexed, this point is located in the depression 1 cun proximal to Quchi LI11
*LI13 手五里 Shouwuli
3 cun proximal to LI11, just lateral to the border of the biceps brachii muscle, situated in the brachialis muscle.
LI14 臂臑 Binao
On the lateral side of the upper arm, in the visible and tender depression formed between the distal insertion of the deltoid muscle and the brachialis muscle
- Intersection of the Small Intestine, Bladder and Yang Wei Mai on the Large Intestine channel
LI15 肩髃 Jianyu
In the depression which lies anterior and inferior to the acromion, at the origin of the deltoid muscle
- Intersection of the Small Intesitne and Yang Qiao Mai on the Large Intestine channel
