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LI-11 (Qu Chi) Pool at the Bend

Acupuncture Points on the Large Intestine Channel of Hand Yang Ming

  • Acupuncture Point Five Elements He-Sea & Earth Point
  • Sun Si-miao Ghost Point, Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star Point
Clears heat
  • Cools the blood, eliminates wind, drains damp and alleviates itching
  • Regulates Qi and blood
  • Activates the channel and alleviates pain
    • Sore throat, toothache, redness and pain of the eye, scrofula, urticaria, motor impairment of the upper extremities, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, febrile diseases.

    Where is LI-11 located?

    • A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 112): At the elbow, midway between Chize LU-5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease.
    • Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 142): When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease, midway between Chize (LU-5) and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.
    Puncture perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

    Sources & References

    Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

    The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.

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