Aller au contenu
Neijing
enpldees

Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture

LI-10

Shousanli

Arm Three Miles

Autres nomsArm's Three Measures

Méridien
Gros intestin

Cette entrée n’est pas encore traduite — le texte ci-dessous est en anglais.

Localisation

  1. 01On the forearm's radial side, 2 cun distal to LI-11 Quchi, along the line joining LI-11 Quchi and LI-5 Yangxi. Note: locate it with the elbow bent and the radial side facing up; the point is markedly tender to palpation.
  2. 022 cun below the cubital crease, on the line joining LI-5 Yangxi and LI-11 Quchi.
  3. 03On the forearm, 2 cun distal to LI-11 Quchi.

Puncture

  1. 01Insert perpendicularly or obliquely, 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
  2. 02Needle straight in, 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
  3. 03Moxibustion may be used.
  4. 04Insert straight 1 to 2 cun; expect local distention and soreness, occasionally spreading along the forearm.

Actions

  • Regulates Qi and Blood
  • Activates the channel
  • Relieves pain
  • Harmonizes Stomach and Intestines
  • Boosts Qi

Indications

  • Arm and shoulder pain with restricted movement
  • Windstroke
  • Arm paralysis
  • Arm numbness
  • Atrophy disorder
  • Hemiplegia
  • Elbow contracture and stiffness
  • Lumbar pain that prevents lying down
  • Tennis elbow
  • Facial paralysis
  • Arm cramps
  • Post-stroke hemiplegia
  • Arm edema
  • Jaw swelling
  • Abdominal distention
  • Stomach ache
  • Indigestion
  • Fecal incontinence
  • Loss of voice
  • Shoulder and back pain
  • Chin and cheek swelling
  • Motor impairment of the upper limbs
  • Spitting blood
  • Cholera
  • Shoulder and arm pain
  • Apoplexy with mouth and eye deviation
  • Cerebral hemorrhage
  • Neurasthenia
  • Head Wind
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting and diarrhea
  • Intermittent Cold sensations in the intestines
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Toothache with cheek swelling
  • Mouth deviation
  • Loss of voice
  • Scrofula
  • Goiter
  • Breast abscess
  • Submandibular swelling
  • Wrist extensor muscle atrophy
  • Muscle spasm preventing elbow extension
  • Bi syndrome in the arm
  • Aphonia
  • Wind-induced mouth deviation
  • Rheumatism
  • Arthritis
  • Tonsillitis
  • Ulcer
  • Upper-limb paralysis
  • Numbness of the upper limbs
  • Ulcer
  • Pain spreading from shoulder to navel
  • Laryngitis
  • Mastitis
  • Ding boil
  • Inability to extend the elbow

Précautions

Contraindicated in the ninth month of pregnancy.

Associations

  • For stubborn numbness in both forearms

  • For forearm pain

  • For elbow and forearm soreness with difficulty flexing and extending

    • GB-44

    For contracture with inability to extend the arm and elbow

  • For Head Wind, visual dizziness, and nape stiffness

  • For scrofula

Notes

  • Its chief role is to invigorate and regulate Qi and Blood circulation in the upper limb.
  • It is a key, commonly used point for Large Intestine channel disorders generally.
  • It stimulates the production of leukocytes.
  • It is well suited for mental exhaustion.
  • It reduces nervous excitement and promotes Blood flow to the site of illness.