Name

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• Lie Que
• Fissure and Rupture
• Ravine

Location

• In a small fissure above the radial styloid process, 1.5 cun above the wrist crease.
• One way to locate it is to cross the hands between the index finger and thumb, where the index finger touches. The middle finger would be at LI-6

Nature

• Connecting (Luo) Point (communicates with the Large Intestine Channel)
• Opening Point of Directing (Ren Mai)

Actions

• Dispel exterior Wind.
• Helps descend and distribute Lung-Qi
• Common cold: Cough, blocked nose, clear mucus
• Local point for loss of strength in the wrist
• Distal point on neck and nape: stiff neck (sternocleidomastoid), sore throat, beginning of tonsillitis.
• In Facial paralysis it is combined with LI-4 to release Yang Ming
• Regulates Directing (Ren Mai). Effect on: genitals, abdomen, chest, lungs, throat and face. Urination problems, menstruation and fertility...
• If someone laughs all the time

Function of its Luo point

• Excess symptoms: sensation of heat in palms of hands, heat in chest, spontaneous sweating
• Deficiency symptoms: frequent urination, yawning, short breathing, sensation of cold in chest and back

Comments

Communicates with the Large Intestine Channel

Treatment

Needling: 0.3 - 0.5 CUN, transverse towards the elbow. Care with the artery!

Interactions

• Malaria with chills and fever: SI-3, SI-2, SI-1
• Cold and Phlegm: LU-5, GV-12, BL-12, CV-12
• Heat in palms of hands: LU-8, LU-9
• Facial paralysis: LI-4
• Fatigue: LR-13 KI-6
• Mouth deviation: ST-4
• Unilateral headache: LU-9
• Trigeminal neuralgia: TE-17
• Acute dyspnea: ST-36
• Edema: TE-5, LI-4, LU-5, GB-34, KI-10, ST-36, LR-8, ST-41, ST-43, KI-7, SP-4, ST-45, ST-42, SP-9, BL-21, CV-9, CV-8