LI-05 (Yang Xi) Yang Ravine

Acupuncture Points on this Channel LI-01 LI-02 LI-03 LI-04 LI-05 LI-06 LI-07 LI-08 LI-09 LI-10 LI-11 LI-12 LI-13 LI-14 LI-15 LI-16 LI-17 LI-18 LI-19 LI-20

Acupuncture Points on the Large Intestine Channel of Hand Yang Ming

•   Jing-River & Fire Point

Actions:

• Clears heat and alleviates pain
• Clears yangming fire
• Calms the spirit
• Benefits the wrist joint

Indications:

• Headache, redness, pain and swelling of the eye, toothache, sore throat, pain of the wrist.

Pont Location:

• A Manual of Acupuncture: On the radial side of the wrist, in the centre of the hollow formed by the tendons of extensor pollicis longus and brevis (anatomical snuffbox).
• Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: On the radial side of the wrist. When the thumb is tilted upward, it is in the depression between the tendons m. extensor pollicis longus and brevis.

Needling Method:

• Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.