Large Intestine Meridian
LI11
[IC11]
QUCHI [Kyokuchi, Spiral Pond, Curved Ditch, Pool on Bend, Pool at the Crook]
Localisation:
in a flexed arm on the lateral end of the elbow crease
- in the middle between LU5 and the lateral epicondyle of the upper arm
Category of Points:
- Tonification point (Bu Xue)
- He (Sea) point
- Earth point
- key treatment point for the shoulder and skin itching
Functions:
- clears Heat, cools the Blood
- dispels Wind, channels moisture and calms itching
- regulates Qi and Blood
- activates the meridian and relieves pain
Indication:
- feverish and Heat-illnesses, inflammations, incipient Wind-Heat diseases
- toothache, discomfort and pain in the mouth- and throat, goitre, scrofula, red and painful eyes, watery eyes, hypertension
- allergies, dry skin, itchy skin, rash, eczema, boils
- discomfort, abdominal distention and pain, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation
- amenorrhoea
- discomfort and pain of the arm, shoulder and elbow, atrophy in the muscles of the arm, atrophy of the muscles of the leg, hemiplegia
Remarks:
- anti- inflammatory and antipyretic in case of Yang Ming- Heat
- tonifies Qi and raises resilience
- is used as LI5, LI7 and LI8 in case of Yang Ming- Heat, which leads to emotional disharmonies
- for Dampness and Damp Heat in the intestine
- for incipient Wind- Heat illness LI11 is also used in conjunction with: LI4, BL12, BL13, TH5 and GV14.
- for hypertension LI11 may be used in conjunction with ST3 and ST9 or in conjunction with ST9, GV20 and LV3
- for hemiplegia LI11 is used in conjunction with LI4 and LI15
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