LV / The Liver Channel of Foot Jue Yin / 足厥阴肝经 Flashcards
14 points
LV1 大敦 Dadun - 井穴（木）
On the dorsal aspect of the big toe, at the junction of the lines drawn along the lateral border of the nail and the base of the nail, approximately 0.1 cun from the corner of the nail
- Jing-Well point
- Wood point
LV2 行间 Xingjian - 荥穴（火）
On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second toes, 0.5 cun proximal to the margin of the web
- Ying-Spriing point
- Fire point
LV3 太冲 Tachong - 腧穴（土）、原穴、天星穴
On the dorsum of the foot, in the hollow distal to the junction of the first and second maetatarsal bones
- Shu-Stream point
- Earth point
- Yuan-Source point
- Heavenly Star point
LV4 中封 Zhongfeng - 经穴（金）
On the ankle, anterior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, in the significant depression just medial to the tendon of tibialis anterior when the ankle is dorsiflexed
- Jing-River point
- Metal point
LV5 蠡沟 Ligou - 络穴
At the centre of the medial border of the tibia, 5 cun above the prominence of the medial malleolus
- Luo-Connecting point
*LV6 中都 Zhongdu - 郗穴（肝）
7 cun above the medial malleolus, just posterior to the medial tibial border within soleus
- Xi-Cleft point
LV7 膝关 Xiguan
Posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia,1 cun posterior to Yinlingquan SP9
LV8 曲泉 Ququan - 合穴（水）
Just superior to the medial end of the popliteal crease, in the depression anterior to the tendons of m.semitendinosus and m.semimembranosus, about 1 cun anterior to Yingu KI10
- He-Sea point
- Water point
LV9 阴包 Yinbao
Directly superior to the medial epicondyle of the femur, 4 cun superior to Ququan LV8, in the cleft between m. vastus and m. sartorius
*LV10 足五里 Zuwuli
3 cun distal to Qichong ST30, on the anterior border of the adductor longus muscle.
*LV11 阴廉 Yinlian
1 cun proximal to Zuwuli LV10, on the anterior border of the adductor longus muscle
*LV12 急脉 Jimai
On the inguinal groove, in the depression medial to the femoral artery and vein, approximately 2.5 cun lateral to the anterior midline, distal and slightly lateral to Qichong ST30.
LV13 章门 Zhangmen - 前募穴、八会穴（藏）
Directly anterior and inferior to the free end of the eleventh rib
- Front-Mu point
- Hui-Meetint point of the zang
- Intersection of the Gallbladder on the Liver Channel
LV14 期门 Qimen - 前募穴
On the mid-clavicular line, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline
- Front-Mu point
- Intersection of the Yin Wei Mai and Spleen on the Liver Channel
