Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura
LI-11
Quchi
Crooked Pond
También conocido comoPool at the Crook · Corner Pond · Crooked Pool · *Guitui* (Ghost Leg)
- Canal
- Intestino grueso
- Clasificación
- He-Mar, Cinco Fases, Tonificación, Punto de cruce, Estrella celestial, Punto fantasma
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Localización
With the elbow bent, the point sits in the hollow at the lateral end of the cubital crease, halfway between LU-5 Chize and the humerus's lateral epicondyle.
Punción
- 01Needle straight in, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- 02Moxibustion may be used.
- 03May be needled through to HT-3 Shaohai if desired (2 to 2.5 cun), producing local distention and soreness, sometimes an electric, numb sensation reaching the shoulder or fingers.
- 04Insert obliquely toward the hand, 1.5 to 2.5 cun; once Qi is obtained, rapid twirling can send the sensation along the forearm up to the shoulder.
- 05Angle toward the elbow joint, 0.5 to 1 cun, for upper-limb paralysis, producing a numb, electric sensation reaching the fingertips.
Funciones del punto
- He-Sea Point of the LI channel
- Earth point of the LI channel
- Tonification point
- Reinforcing point of the Large Intestine channel
- Upper Meeting point
- Mental precision point
- Antispasmodic point
- Ma Dan-Yang Heavenly Star point
- Ghost point
Acciones
- Relieves Exterior conditions
- Expels Wind, Wind-Heat and Wind-Dryness
- Relieves Dampness
- Relieves itching
- Lowers fever
- Clears Fire
- Clears Heat
- Clears Summerheat
- Cools Heat in the Blood
- Moistens Dryness
- Promotes sweating
- Resolves Damp-Heat
- Resolves Damp-Summerheat
- Invigorates Blood
- Promotes Qi and Blood circulation
- Regulates and moistens the Large Intestine
- Regulates the Lungs, particularly Lung Qi
- Drains pathogens from the Lungs
- Softens hardness and masses
- Benefits the shoulders
- The twelfth of the Thirteen Ghost Points, used for psychosis and epilepsy
- Clears obstruction from the joints
- Has an overall tonifying effect
Indicaciones
- Sore throat
- Toothache
- Red, painful eyes
- Scrofula
- Goiter
- Boils
- Carbuncles
- Wind-Heat urticaria
- Eye disorders generally
- Pleurisy
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Bronchitis
- Hay fever
- Stress-induced asthma
- Pain throughout the upper-body joints
- Upper-limb arthritis
- Windstroke
- Qi-type painful urinary dysfunction
- Heat Bi
- Wind-Heat common cold
- Hypertension from Yang Excess
- Upper-body Atrophy (Wei) syndrome
- Scabies
- Erysipelas
- Wind-Heat eczema
- Skin disorders from Blood Heat or Damp-Heat
- Herpes zoster
- Infantile paralysis
- Psoriasis
- Measles
- Mumps
- Painful, swollen pharynx
- Painful, swollen larynx
- Weakness of the hand and elbow
- Lingering fever with severe sore throat
- Persistent high fever
- Arm and shoulder neuralgia
- Wind affecting the arm
- Wind rash
- Hives
- Amenorrhea
- Neck nodules
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Knee rheumatism
- Insect bites
- Acne
- Cystitis
- Wind-Cold with lingering fever
- Hot, dry skin
- Scaly skin
- Excessive tearing
- Poor memory
- Whole-body pain and itching as if bitten by insects
- Elbow wasting and weakness
- Menstrual disorders
- Ankle pain and swelling
- Constipation
- Epilepsy
- Depression
- Insanity
- Torticollis
- Aphonia
- Anemia
- Motor impairment of the upper extremities
- Shoulder pain and stiffness
- Rheumatic pain in the shoulder, elbow and wrist joints
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Acute febrile diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Febrile diseases
- Earache
- Malarial disorders
- Intestinal abscess
- Appendicitis
- Allergies
- Heatstroke
- Convulsions
- Hemiplegia
- Upper-limb edema
- Acute low-back pain
- Scanty menstruation
- Menopausal hot flashes
- Lassitude
- Depression
- Blurred vision
- Throat Bi with swelling
- Throat blockage
- Tonsillitis
- Paralysis
- Arm pain with muscular flaccidity
- Inability to extend or flex the arm
- Hand and arm swelling and pain
- Elbow swelling, redness and pain
- A forming abscess
- Dry, parched skin
- Scant menstrual flow
- Hemiplegia
- Madness accompanied by pain and itching
- Runny nose
- Urethritis
- Loose stools
- Thirst that induces sweating upon drinking
- Pain in front of the ear
- Manic disorders
- Tongue thrusting
- Shingles
- Clove sores of the back
- Clonic spasm
- Lower-limb Atrophy disorder
Combinaciones
For fever
- ST-36
Boosts digestion and overall metabolism; for hypertension
- SP-6
For uterine disorders and general inflammation
- LI-4
- M-HN-3
For measles
- ST-36
- ST-9
For hypertension
For high fever
- LI-4
- LI-7
For toothache
- LI-4
- LI-15
For soreness and pain in the hand and arm, hemiplegia following Windstroke, and clonic spasm of the upper limb
For hematemesis
For idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
For cold-damage injury with persistent great Heat (using the reducing method)
For manic raving, fear and fright
For malaria with predominant Cold and slight Heat
For malaria with predominant Heat and slight Cold
For toothache with aversion to cold
For hemiplegia
For hemiplegia
- LI-4
For disorders of the head, face, ears, eyes, mouth and nose
For Windstroke with one-sided wasting and unrelenting pain
For arm contracture with tightness in the sinews of both hands
For elbow pain, possibly of Cold origin
For arm pain and Cold sensation
- SJ-5
- SJ-10
For Atrophy disorder and arm numbness
For shoulder pain and heaviness with inability to raise the arm
For hypertension
For painful elbow contracture
For forearm pain
For forearm pain
For hypertension
For bacillary dysentery
Notas
- This is the best point for chronic constipation.
- It treats what is termed 'internal devils.'
- It works well to stabilize epilepsy, depression, and insanity.
- It stabilizes the Large Intestine and is particularly effective for alternating diarrhea and constipation.
- It clears away the accumulated mental clutter that muddles a person's thinking.
- It functions as an antibiotic point and can be applied before surgery to lower the risk of post-operative infection.
- While it does affect the Large Intestine to some degree, ST-37 Shangjuxu, the Large Intestine's lower he-Sea point, is the preferred choice for Large Intestine disorders.
- It is frequently used in Liver Fire patterns presenting with hypertension.