Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
LI-13
Shouwuli
Arm Five Miles
Autres nomsFive Measures of the Arm
- Méridien
- Gros intestin
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Localisation
- 01On the upper arm's lateral side, 3 cun above LI-11 Quchi, along the line connecting LI-11 Quchi to LI-15 Jianyu.
- 02On the lateral upper arm, 3 cun proximal to LI-11 Quchi, on the LI-11 Quchi–LI-15 Jianyu line. Note: roughly one hand's width above LI-11 Quchi, in the hollow between the biceps brachii's lateral edge and the humerus, or one-third of the way from LI-11 Quchi to the axillary fold.
Puncture
- 01Needle straight in, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- 02Caution: avoid puncturing the artery.
- 03Moxibustion may be used.
- 04Insert perpendicularly, 1 to 1.5 cun.
- 05Insert straight, 1 to 2 cun.
Actions
- Activates the channel
- Relieves pain
- Relieves coughing
- Regulates Qi
- Drains Dampness
- Resolves Phlegm
Indications
- Elbow and arm contracture with pain
- Scrofula
- Cough
- Difficulty breathing
- Hematemesis
- Excessive drowsiness
- Inability to move the limbs
- Malaria
- Blurred vision
- Fear and fright
- Pneumonia
- Elbow and upper-arm pain and numbness
- Inability to raise the arm
- Shoulder pain
- Wind-taxation with fear and fright
- Depleted Qi
- Yellowish body coloring with intermittent low-grade fever
- Fullness and distention beneath the Heart
- Hemoptysis
- Peritonitis