Acu Point LI-14 (Bi Nao) Upper Arm

• Meeting Point of the Large Intestine Channel with the Small Intestine and Bladder Channels

• Activates the channel and alleviates pain
• Regulates Qi and dissipates phlegm nodules
• Benefits the eyes

• Pain in the shoulder and arm, rigidity of the neck, scrofula.

• On the lateral side of the upper arm, on the line joining Quchi (LI-11) and Jianyu (LI-15), 7 cun above Quchi (LI-11), at the insertion of m. deltoideus.

• On the lateral side of the upper arm, in the visible and tender depression formed between the distal insertion of the deltoid muscle and the brachialis muscle, approximately three fifths of the distance along the line drawn between Quchi L.I.-11 and Jianyu L.I.-15.

• Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely upward 0.8-1.5 inches. Moxibustion is applicable.

References

Acupuncture

• 11. Grasping the Wind (First Edition) - Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss
• 9. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Revised Edition) - Cheng Xinnong
• 8. A Manual of Acupuncture (First Edition) - Peter Deadman
• 10. Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text (First Edition) - Shanghai College of TCM